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TIL the Catholic Church did not persecute Copernicus and instead the Pope was so pleased with the theory he gave a gift

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vgZD TIL that in 1993, an Army husband cut off his wifes lovers head, dropped in her lap while she was in the hospital pregnant and said “"Look Diane, Glover’s here. He’ll sleep with you every night, only you won’t sleep at night”
l7xR7 TIL that Rocky Marciano was reluctant to fight Joe Louis. However, he did so to secure Louis a £300,000 payday. Louis was badly in debt to the IRS and needed the money. After knocking Louis out and retiring him, Marciano came to see Louis to express his condolences.
jV1j TIL jimmy kimmel launched a campaign to end womens suffrage. Apparently a large number of women were willing to sign away their right to vote
7mQx TIL that there is a concept for a roller coaster called the Euthanasia Coaster, which is designed to kill its passengers.
neVwW TIL America's longest-serving innocent prisoner was Ricky Jackson who spent 39 years behind bars, from the age 19 to 58. He received more than one million dollars compensation from the state of Ohio