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TIL that Matt Karedas (Samurai Cop) was served time for stealing a Rembrandt painting and had no idea about the movie's cult status.

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O6Vg TIL that despite being a symbol for post-modern Anarchism, Guy Fawkes was a devout Catholic who sought to install a Catholic monarchy in England and the Netherlands.
XXKE TIL A man who survived the sinking of a ship in 1871 was finally able to overcome his fears and decided to sail again in 1911: he died in the sinking of the Titanic.
NEyN TIL Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis didn’t talk from 1956 to 1976 & remained estranged until 1987. That’s when Martin’s son was killed in a plane crash. When Martin found out Lewis secretly attended the funeral, he called his old partner and patched things up & remained close until Martin’s 1995 death.
vjMB TIL that Venus is the only planet in the Solar System where the sun rises in the West and sets in the East.
7rNpr TIL the Harlem Globetrotters visited Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in November 2000 and named the Pontiff an Honorary Harlem Globetrotter.