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TIL The Westboro Baptist Church is funded by the US government paying legal fees to them.

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Elnd TIL of a NASA employee, George Aldrich, whose job is to sniff things to check if they have an unpleasant smell before they can be flown to space.
woeoP TIL that the failed Superman film which had cast Nicolas Cage ending up costing Warner Brothers around $30 million. $20 million of that was paid to Nicolas Cage, his guarantee if the production halted.
X1jQ TIL That during the temperance and Prohibition movements, it was a commonly believed myth that alcohol abuse could lead to spontaneous combustion.
oj0L TIL There is a growing consensus that bare-knuckle boxing is safer than gloved boxing. This is as the bones in the hand are considerable weaker than those in the skull, meaning the bare-knuckle fighter can’t punch with full force to the head.
D1bKp TIL that in the past, Harry Belafonte had been barred from the door of the world famous nightclub the Copacabana because of his color, and then later he’d be headlining the joint.