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TIL I learned that River Phoenix (and the Phoenix family as a whole) were part of a pedophile sex cult known as “The Family”.

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NQ5J TIL a couple bid $100 for an abandoned storage locker and found the original James Bond submarine car inside. Tesla Motors’ Elon Musk later purchased it for $920,000.
oBWgo TIL in 1900, when submarines were being introduced to navies, Admiral Arthur Wilson called them underhanded, threatening to hang enemy sub crews as pirates. So, in 1914, when Max Horton commanded Britain's first sub engagement against the Germans, he ordered his crew to fly a Jolly Roger.
Z8yvG TIL hawk moths scare off bats by rubbing their genitalia to jam the bat’s sonar
ldr1 TIL that on this day in 1987, two Chicago tv stations were hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
4gbX TIL: In 2011 The International Sperm Bank quit accepting donations by red heads