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TIL of Sigismondo Malatesta, the only person ever canonized to Hell by the Roman Catholic church.

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jNMJp TIL over 70% of the restaurants on Kitchen Nightmares closed after the show.
nWXYY TIL a family in the US found their son - conceived via IVF - was not theirs after taking an at-home ancestry test. The mistake was concluded to be human error and the boy now sees both families
OyY4 TIL Stephen Hawking earned $46 million in 2013, making him the highest paid scientist in the world
7806M TIL that nattokinase, an enzyme contained in nattō, exhibits strong fibrinolytic activity and inactivates plasminogen activator inhibitor 1—a risk factor for thrombosis and atherosclerosis—when it comes into contact with human blood or blood clots.
NXvpN TIL that fortune telling is a class b misdemeanor in NY state (but is allowed for entertainment purposes only, rather than claiming it is the truth)