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TIL the Skipper’s real name on Gilligan’s Island was Jonas Grumby, but it was rarely mentioned after the pilot episode.

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5xmR TIL, in 1981, a man who had been bullying residents of a small Missouri town was murdered in broad daylight when 46 townspeople rose up against him, in an act of vigilante justice. No charges were ever filed despite their being 30 - 40 witness to the shooting.
jP5M TIL Jesus encouraged people not to pray out loud, and to practice their religion in private.
NggN TIL that until 1966 the Catholic Church had a list of forbidden books which aimed to protect the faith of followers by preventing the reading of “immoral” books of authors such as Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Immanuel Kant, Descartes, Galilei and Pascal. Darwin’s works were never included in the list.
YpYo7 TIL North Korea could have a lot of oil. NK reportedly has seven underexplored geological basins, with three basins said to have “proven working petroleum systems"
LQrjQ TIL the tallest mountain in Spain is not located on the mainland but on Tenerife in the Canary Islands. Known as Pico de Teide, it is also the highest peak on any Atlantic Ocean island.