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TIL The amazing James Randi exposed a fraudulent "Faith Healer" named Peter Popoff who was using a ear mic to fool believers into divine healing.

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v1Z77 TIL famed EC Comics artist John Severin refused to draw any horror stories for moral reasons. When publisher William Gaines suggested he was making excuses and just couldn't draw the style, Severin drew something so horrific that it gave Gaines nightmares.
NXg48 TIL that Decimus Junius Brutus , one of Caesar’s most trusted supporters and also a key player in his assassination , being the one to persuade him to attend the fateful meeting where he would be assassinated , was named secondary heir by Caesar’s posthumous will.
EyBV TIL Piracy off Somalia’s coast has created a sanctuary from commercial fishing efforts and has become, “one of the world’s richest sources of the fish, experts say”.
PxNO TIL that when you learn some (usually obscure) fact, word, phrase, or other item for the first time, then encounter that item again, perhaps several times, shortly after having learned it, is called The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.
60dl TIL a massive solar flare missed the Earth by nine days on July 23rd 2012. Estimated cost of damage was $2.7 trillion dollars, and estimated recovery time was four to ten years.