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TIL talcum powder is made from a material which is often mined from locations with deposits of asbestos

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J1Q1l TIL the largest funeral home and cemetery owner is a publicly traded company that made over $4 billion in revenue in 2022
BrMgr TIL During E3 2009 a small protest made up of people claiming to be from a local church was held in objection to EA's game Dantes Inferno. Some protesters went as far as to call EA the antichrist. Confirming the suspicions of many, EA later admitted that the protest was a hoax to promote their game.
5OOk TIL - An apparently mentally ill Roman Catholic priest has regularly interrupted sporting events by running onto the track with signs about the impending apocalypse. He may have cost a Brazilian runner his Olympic Gold Medal. He was finally defrocked in 2005.
6Ee17 TIL Evan Chandler, the man who accused Michael Jackson of molesting his son, committed suicide 4 months after Jackson's death.
d86bQ TIL the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster eats yeasts that grow on rotting fruit, which can contain up to 6% alcohol. By consuming alcohol, the fruit fly kills wasp larvae that have hatched inside its body which would otherwise eat the fruit fly from the inside out.