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TIL that the Orthodox Church “urges people to spit on” members of the LGBT community

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P1OkJ TIL that They Used to Use Malaria to Treat Syphilis
pNe8 TIL Steve Carell thinks Will Ferrell is ‘almost impossible’ to work with because he’s so funny.
Eg06w TIL Joaquin's brother, River Phoenix, died outside a club owned by Johnny Depp after doing drugs for several days with the guitar player from RHCP. He was playing in a band Johnny Depp, Flea, and Frusciante were in and had a heart attack in the middle of a song.
J1Jvm TIL Barbara Bagley sued herself for the wrongful death of her husband. The district court dismissed the complaint, concluded that a person cannot simultaneously act as plaintiff and defendant in a wrongful death or survival action suit.
1arLO TIL - The inventor of the black box only worked on it in secret, and it was originally rejected by the aviation community due to privacy concerns. Before the invention, troubleshooting crashes was extremely difficult, and lessons learned from black boxes have improved airline safety significantly.