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TIL Smallville actor Allison Mack was sentenced to 3 years of prison due to her involvement with sex trafficking through the cult NXIVM

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9YAb6 TIL in 2015, Indonesia Police burned 3 tons of marijuana and accidentally made an entire town high
VBooB TIL the expression "streets ahead" is an English phrase dating back to the nineteenth century, not something made up by the writers on Community.
9wdl7 TIL that in 1991, Princess Diana sat down for a series of secret interviews where she spoke honestly about her poor treatment by Prince Charles, her struggles with ED, and her PPD following the birth of Prince William, among other difficult subjects.
MeP7W TIL that Pink Floyd’s 1977 album “Animals” was loosely based off of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” but rather than satirizing communism, the album blasts capitalism
78k1Z TIL "Xerxes" is the Greek rendering of the Old Persian "Xšaya-ṛšā," with the modern Persian "Khashayar" still being an occasional Iranian male name