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TIL: It is illegal in most states to name your child "God".

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rNeLx TIL on 4/20/1989, 37-yr old Patricia Bernadette Meehan of Pittsburgh, PA disappeared after a high speed car accident outside the town of Circle, MT. Unusually, over 5000 alleged sightings of Meehan have since been recorded. The case remains open.
5VoAR TIL that 3.6% of all current cancer cases worldwide are attributable to drinking alcohol
lL81 TIL Russell Brand was legally entitled to take $20 million dollars from Katy Perry’s fortune after their divorce but refused to take any.
pY7YN TIL : Wayne Gretzky's stats were so far ahead of his peers' that if you cut his entire career number in half he's still one of the top 20 players of all time.
GjQ TIL that when Robert Ballard announced he was mounting a mission to find the Titanic, it was actually a cover story for a classified mission to inspect lost nuclear submarines. They finished before they were due back, so the team spent the extra time at sea looking for the Titanic—and found it.