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TIL Céline Dion, along with her husband, filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against the Quebec tabloid Allô Vedettes, which claimed that the couple paid $5,001 to rent the swimming pool of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas so that Dion could sunbathe topless and Angélil could go skinny dipping.

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grZM4 TIL that after Stalin had a stroke and his Blood Pressure raised to 210/120, doctors decided to apply leeches to his neck and face in an attempt to make it drop. Died 2 days later.
JvPj TIL Chinese during the Great Depression embraced stereotypes by adding fake opium dens to Chinatowns along with other Chinese sterotypes in order to bring in Tourist and money
mxw6O TIL the first knights of Korea were all-female. The name of their order was "Flower Girls". Curiously, they didn't change the name when they started allowing men, and thus the first male Knights were called "flower boys".
ZNQ4 TIL that tigers can, and will, take revenge on those who have wronged them. They are one of the most vengeful animals on the planet.
eNk6 TIL Michael Jackson was bald and wore wigs to conceal it. Autopsy report confirms.