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TIL John DeLorean was arrested by the FBI for conspiring to smuggle $24M worth of cocaine into the US while the DeLorean Motor Co was failing to raise money to survive. Claiming he was coerced into participation in the deal by FBI agents who approached him as legitimate investors, he was acquitted

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jN0gN TIL that alchemy was illegal in many European countries from the Middle Ages to the early modern period because rulers were afraid of undermining the gold standard and corrupting the gold supply.
vPNnr TIL that Robert Murdoch tried to buy in 1990 the Romanian Palace of the Parliament, the biggest administrative building in the world for 1 billion dollars, his bid was rejected.
4klZb TIL of the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment, made up of Alabamans who had remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War. They served as General Sherman's close escort during his March to the Sea, where his army destroyed Southern industry, property, and infrastructure.
v1KLK TIL an octopus named Otto caused an aquarium power outage by climbing to the edge of his tank and shooting a jet of water at a bright light that was annoying him. He's also been seen juggling hermit crabs, throwing rocks at the glass and re-arranging his tank surroundings.
aw84y Not really, but urine has been a faddish health drink for centuries nonetheless. Celts in the Iberian peninsula gargled it to whiten their teeth about 50 years before Christ; amaroli is a Sanskrit word that refers to urine therapy, which in ancient Ayurvedic practice meant imbibing urine in the morning, mid stream; Proverbs 5:15 is thought to be in support of the act ("Drink waters from thy own cistern, flowing water from thy own well"); and J.D. Salinger famously sipped his own, as did the former prime minister of India, Morarji Desai, who even appeared on 60 Minutes to defend his habit.Click here to launch a gallery about urine therapy.