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TIL that in 2004 after the airing of South Park’s “Trapped in the Closet” Matt Stone and Trey Parker were followed and investigated by the Church of Scientology.

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nr7 TIL a man proposed to his girlfriend by contacting a level-developer to make a Portal 2 custom level that led into a wedding chapel in which Ellen McLain (the voice of GLaDOS) popped the question.
jNgpM TIL that children's author Roald Dahl singlehandedly took on six German bombers in WWII, developed a medical shunt that saved 3,000 childrens' lives, and was partially the inspiration for James Bond
VRG8 TIL of Thiess of Kaltenbrun, a man accused of being a werewolf, who escaped death by fire in 1692 by claiming that he was sent by God to fight the devil and his witches
KYKQ9 TIL that Rick James had a brief relationship with Linda Blair, the star of "The Exorcist." When she terminated a pregnancy without informing him, it deeply affected him inspiring him to record the song "Cold Blooded" about her
QJ5GE TIL that in 1987 Matthew Broderick was driving in Ireland in a rental car when he veered onto the wrong side of the road, striking the vehicle of Anna Gallagher, 28 and her mother Margaret Doherty, 63 killing both. His punishment was an $175 fine.