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TIL Gene Kelly severed ties with the Catholic Church after their support of the Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco. He became an agnostic for the remainder of his life.

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b9Gaa TIL that under guardianship laws the guardians can sell the assets and control the lives of senior citizens without their consent—and reap a profit from it.
R74DQ TIL - Sylvester Stallone almost died filming Rocky IV when he asked Dolph Lundgren to try and hit him for real. Dolph hit Sylvester so hard it bruised his heart, which swelled up and sent Stallone to the hospital for a week. He said it felt liked he'd been in a serious car crash.
OPaY TIL that a “mail-order church” fought the IRS for tax-exempt status for 17 years. Status was granted in 2000. In 2007, the “church” earned $6 million per month, mostly by targeting low income and elderly persons who were told that donations are required to have their prayers answered.
PY4Nw TIL Canadian author, Markoosie Patsauq published the first Inuktitut language novel in 1974. Patsauq wrote the coming of age story Harpoon of the Hunter in 1969 when he worked as a pilot (the first Inuk pilot in Canada), using material he had heard from family members
X0Qj TIL two filmmakers have gone on a crusade along with James Randi and a team of specialists to debunk fraudulent religious organizations and are producing a film set to come out in 2014