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TIL that Ted Gunderson, an ex-FBI Special Agent in Charge and executive level FBI director, believed that a shadow government controls the US government, sophisticated child trafficking rings involve persons in Congress, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing was the result of FBI provocateurs.

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jN0Yp TIL this man died after being trapped behind a grocery store cooler. His body wasn’t discovered for 10 years.
GYA8J TIL that during the Victorian Era, “female hysteria” was a catchall term for many feelings of malaise, including when a woman was horny. Doctors “treated” the ailment by masturbating the women until they reached “hysterical paroxysm”, or as we call it today, an orgasm. [NSFW]
mbxR TIL in 1919, a British officer ordered his troops to fire at a nonviolent gathering of people celebrating a religious festival in India, leading to 1000 deaths and 1500 injuries.
b9lMa TIL Wimbledon employs a bird of prey, Rufus the Hawk, to keep pigeons away from the tennis courts.
eyQg TIL that in January 1997, the capitol of Ghana rioted over accusations of penis snatching wizards. Several people were killed by mobs who accused them of using magic handshakes to kidnap penises and hold them for ransom.