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TIL that reincarnation used to be a core concept in Judaism, and still is in some practices

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X5xR TIL Dale Earnhardt Jr. built a fully staffed, fully themed western town in his backyard just to throw parties in.
OxPg TIL that a member of the National Guard was accused of kidnapping and raping a woman. He lost his job, wasn’t allowed to deploy with his team and began suffering health issues. The woman later admitted that she lied and the sex was consensual. She was sentenced to 32 days jail.
W1K8 TIL the old man who masturbates to Natalie Portman on the subway in Black Swan and the guy who yells “ass-to-ass” in Requiem for a Dream are played by the same actor. The character is credited as “Uncle Hank” in both of them.
R5mg7 TIL That until the year 1991 it was illegal for bars to serve homosexuals. It was being actively enforced until a 1991 US District Court case struck it down.
awrrN TIL that the man responsible for inventing leaded gasoline, Thomas Midgley Jr, was also accredited for the introduction of the ozone depleting refrigerant Freon. Later in life, Midgley contracted Polio and subsequently died when he was strangled by the very device he designed to get him out of bed.