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lr1B TIL that the Church of Scientology now owns the “Cult Awareness Network” after they sued the originally Cult Awareness Network for calling them a cult
5ZVk TIL a Texas man barricaded himself in his home after biting a police officer during a traffic stop, and refused to come out for more than a decade
7r7Ax TIL that the Faroe Islands between Iceland and Denmark debuted ‘SheepView 360’ in 2016 to encourage people to tour the island virtually. Cameras were strapped to the backs of sheep (which twice outnumber the number of human inhabitants) and you can follow sheep all around the islands!
0dXgN TIL that at the funeral of his first wife, Kato Svanidze, Stalin said "This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity." During her burial, Stalin was so overcome with grief that he threw himself into her grave, and had to be dragged out.
LkyMP TIL After Oprah's famous "You get a car" episode, where she gave away 276 cars at a total cost of $7.6 million, many of the recipients sent in complaints to the show as they had all been charged a $6-7k "gift tax".