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TIL the Turkish general who enacted the 1997 coup, which freed Turkey from its last Islamist government, was arrested for that “crime” in 2012 by Erdogans government.

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LkRBr TIL of the Bulwer-Lyton fiction contest, in which entrants are invited "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels"
vPbnR TIL Laverie Vallee (née Cooper; July 18, 1875 – February 6, 1949), best known by her stage name Charmion, was an American vaudeville trapeze artist and strongwoman. One of her risqué trapeze acts was captured on film in 1901 by Thomas Edison.
vP4wx TIL Savitri Devi was invited by fellow Nazi Francoise Dior to stay at her chateau in 1970 as part of their post war networking. The visit turned unpleasant and she had to leave because of Devi's annoying habits: she was constantly chewing on garlic and didn't take a shower during her 9 month visit
JYQo1 TIL ice-cream manufacturers mix messed up batches of ice-cream in with chocolate ice-cream so they don't have to throw it away
neY9W TIL that a town in Colorado offers an open air funeral pyre as an option instead of cremation or regular burial