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TIL that Gilles de Rais, known for being a former ally of Joan of Arc who was executed for occultism and murdering 600 children, may have been the victim of a plot by the Catholic Church and/or the French state. No corpses were found at his estate and the prosecutor used the trial to seize his land.

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neeN7 TIL Stalin ordered the assassination of John Wayne. Stalin was angered by John Wayne’s anti-communist rhetoric and ordered the KGB to kill him. John Wayne learned of the plot from from Orson Wells and the FBI. Wayne worked with some stuntmen friends and foiled several attempts on his life.
D1dxJ TIL that despite 12 indictments and several convictions of high level officials involved in the Iran-Contra scandal, all perpetrators were either pardoned or had sentences overturned resulting in no prison time. The only person to go to jail was a minister who stole a street sign in protest.
DjED TIL that dozens of North Korean “ghost ships”, many containing corpses, have washed up on the Japanese coast in recent years.
MB80 TIL that, by law, no US officer is ever allowed to outrank George Washington, and he was posthumously promoted to “six star general” to make sure.
Ypk5B TIL that in 2016, Train released an album covering Led Zeppelin II in its entirety. NY Daily News called it "confusing and unnecessary".