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[TIL] About Annihilationism

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690ZW TIL about Iceland's most famous witch trial in 1656, where a father and son, both named Jón Jónsson, were burnt at the stake for using "farting runes" (magical symbols) to curse a woman and a priest with chronic abdominal pain and weakness.
WklLB TIL the Disney company attempted to trademark the phrase "Dia De Los Muertos", the name of a holiday celebrated in Mexico.
v1VPL TIL A man has named Uzi Nissan has held the rights to Nissan.com for over 20 years despite Nissan Motors attempts to acquire the domain
GAJXJ TIL That the theoretical black dwarf star is expected to be able to live for up to 10 to the power of 32000 years, meaning that when they go supernova may make it the last transient to occur before the heat death of the universe.
ywM TIL that, 6 years ago, a D.A. investigating the Penn State child abuse scandal mysteriously disappeared never to be seen again. His hard drive was found destroyed, in a river…