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TIL that Tom Cruise went to seminary school and wanted to become a Catholic priest, until he was booted for stealing the priests’ booze.

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m1lbp TIL in 1988 a tradie named Gordon O'Connor alongside his camel, Carla, defeated dysentery, kidney failure, the Australian outback and the SAS to win the world's longest animal endurance race
OGjJY TIL in 2020, a judge reduced the awarded damages in a class action suit against Risperidal’s maker by a 12 person jury from $8 billion to $6.8 million (-99.915%)
GAQB1 TIL in 1986, Lake Nyos had a limnic CO₂ eruption (a rare but natural disaster) which killed 1,746 humans. No flies surrounded the bodies because the insects had also perished.
VBkmB TIL that the horned lizard can squirt blood from its eyes as a defensive measure.
6BEX TIL Russia built a 31-mile rail and road link for the 2014 Winter Olympics that cost over $8 billion. You could have paved the road with Beluga Caviar one centimeter thick for the same price!