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TIL that a 62-foot statue of Jesus built by a megachurch in Ohio was destroyed when it was struck by lightning and caught on fire.

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VM01p TIL that a 14 year old boy named John once impersonated an MI5 agent online and "recruited" his best friend into the secret services. The initiation test was to murder... John. John became the first person in the UK to be convicted for inciting his own attempted murder.
wBEM TIL Norway has underwater drones which fire lasers in order to kill lice on salmon
Qbmk TIL JFK ordered 1,200 of his favorite Cuban cigars the night before he signed the Cuban embargo
yQGNl TIL of Arthur Chu, a Jeopardy! contestant who won 11 games by picking a new category after every correct answer to throw off his opponents
MeQ7B TIL that Clement Vallandigham, a defense lawyer in a murder trial accidentally shot himself and died while reenacting the possibility of a victim accidentally shooting and killing themselves instead of his client. The defendant was then set free.