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TIL 38 people have been killed and several injured due to opposition to Rushdie's "Satanic Verses"

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rRWvd TIL prior to 1963 it was not uncommon for students in the US to be required to read from The Bible as part of their elementary education. A lawsuit that went all the way to the Supreme Court, ended the practice that year.
Db8p TIL of Ashley Revell, a man who sold all of his worldly possessions, and bet all of the money (about $135,000) on one roulette spin.
Ek1W TIL Seth Rogen, now a success, confronted the guy who cancelled Freaks and Geeks and demanded an explanation.
YmAZ TIL that when a dementia patient forgets something, their brain fills in memory gaps with a falsification that a person believes to be true. It is called Confabulation
Vl0D TIL The SS United States, launched in 1951, still holds the record as the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic in either direction.