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TIL Conan O'Brien has a restraining order against a Catholic priest who was stalking him. After sending many unsettling letters, he was finally arrested when forcefully trying to enter a taping of Late Night.

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W7rbd TIL about Sebastianism, a belief that King Sebastian of Portugal (who died in an invasion of Morocco) would return from the dead to save the nation — a myth so powerful it sparked a rebellion in Brazil 300 years after his death.
7PKp TIL that, due to California banning civilian ownership of .50 BMG rifles, Barret will not sell or service to any of California’s law enforcement agencies.
bkj4 TIL In 1963, four Princeton students forced a local train to stop by parking a car on the tracks. With a gun loaded with blanks, they got on the train, picked four girls as their dates, and rode away with them on horseback.
vVrL TIL on Thanksgiving (Nov. 28), Comet Ison will pass through the Sun’s atmosphere and causing it to glow as bright as the moon.
PYY8w TIL Tom Petty needed an actress to be a dead woman for a music video. He explained his choice by saying "She's got to look really good, or why would [I] keep her around after she's dead?" I thought, Kim Basinger would be good. I'd probably keep her for a day or two, let's go see if she would do it."