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TIL Carlos Henrique lived for years as a professional footballer across many clubs and countries without ever playing a match by feigning injury when he ever had to play

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a8g70 TIL about Armin Meiwes; a German cannibal who killed and ate Bernd-Jürgen Brandes in 2001, as part of a cannibalistic fantasy both men shared. Brandes explicitly filmed his consent for the ordeal on camera. . In 2006, Meiwes was sentenced to life imprisonment.
EWZ0 TIL that Joseph Heller, when told by an interviewer that he had “never produced anything else as good as Catch-22,” responded: “Who has?”
9wk7Q TIL tomb raiding is a big problem in China that looters sometimes find historically significant sites first. For instance the tomb of the famed 3 Kingdoms-era general, Cao Cao, was discovered in 2008 after police inspected the stolen goods of a bunch of robbers, who then led them to an unknown tomb.
X0rAQ TIL about George Shima who would become the first Japanese American millionaire by growing about 85% of California's potatoes, which would earn him the nickname "The Potato King"
WkjrY TIL In 1993, NFL Rookie Quarterback Rick Mirer included an ‘End of the World’ Clause in his Contract, Guaranteeing Salary even if the World Ends