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TIL that when asked what it was like working with Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis, comedian Doug Stanhope (who hosted GGW) responded “He’s pure, unadulterated evil” and “The most awful human being I’ve ever met in all of my time in the entertainment business.”

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lOGa TIL that Native Americans may have been called Indians not because Europeans thought were from India, but because Columbus remarked on their gentleness and called them “una gente in Dios” (Spanish for “people of God”). The ’s’ was dropped and Indio became Indian.
e0ebg TIL that the authorities of Mexico City created an artificial Day of Dead Parade, identical to the one in the James Bond's movie, just because tourists thought it really existed. Now, the parade is held annually and it is a complete success
l7pRV TIL that a study shows that a bottle of red wine is equivalent to 5-10 cigarettes in terms of cancer risk
9KaB TIL the DC Snipers planned to kill 6 white people a day for 30 days at predetermined destinations, but plans were hindered by traffic.
LkGP9 TIL that in 2008 suspected serial murderer Ricky Simonds was found dead of heat stroke in the trunk of his ex-girlfriends car. Investigators on the case believe Simonds was waiting in the trunk to ambush and murder his ex-girlfriend, when he became locked in the vehicle.