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TIL that Heather Graham was seriously considering doing softcore porn before being cast in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me!

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VMnPZ TIL Some visitors to Jerusalem go psychotic in the same chilling ways: ditching their family to wander the city alone, preaching sermons at holy sites, obsessing over cleanliness, wearing togas, and shouting scripture. Affects all faiths.
b9Mn7 TIL that only seven states have banned mandatory microchipping of humans
9wrpr TIL that infamous Manson Family murderer Leslie Van Houten was paroled in July 2023 after 53 years in prison. Patricia Krenwinkle and Tex Watson are still trying to get parole.
VMPB8 TIL that from 1909-38 Good Housekeeping Magazine’s Seal of Approval was the only U.S. grading system for food, drugs, and cosmetics. The magazine fought a federal grading system. Regulators then found the Seal to be misleading and deceptive, forcing reforms.
9YjEM TIL that the British folk hero king arthur actually fought against the English. In the tale of king Arthur, he is a general and king of the Britons, who were the native Celtic people of England. He fought against the Anglo Saxons, who would go on to beat the Britons and found the country of England.