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TIL that a cannibal named Issei Sagawa has profited from his crimes. After murdering and eating his classmate in 1981, he was released due to a loophole and has translated his fame into books, talk show appearances, and even softcore porn films in which he bites his co-stars.

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AlQd TIL the British expelled the entire population of the island nation Diego Garcia, sending them to live in Mauritian slums in 1971, so that the US could build a military base on the Island.
Oo097 TIL that the Black Knight in Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail was inspired by two Roman wrestlers who were in a very intense and entangled fight. After one surrendered from pain of a broken rib an attendant picked up the winner, tapping him and saying "You won" to discover that he was dead.
j6Jpn TIL that the original ideas of Dracula and Frankenstein were both conceived on the same night, in the same castle, during a freak storm
epnlb TIL that the Goiâna disaster, largely considered to be the worst radiological disaster of all time, was caused in part by a security guard skipping work to take his family to see 'Herbie Goes Bananas'.
ep4p4 TIL that the Volga Germans refused to eat tomatoes, prior to becoming "Americanized", on account of tomatoes being a relative of the poisonous nightshade plant.