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TIL in 2019, a vegan activist "rescued" 16 rabbits from a farm which lead to the death of nearly 100 baby bunnies.

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RGp8 TIL The Pope made an appearance and apology to a group of Christians called the Waldensians in 2015 for how the catholic church used to torture and massacre them in the past.
OGyE7 TIL that, in 1920s Paris, James Joyce would get drunk, start fights, and then hide behind Ernest Hemingway for protection, screaming, "Deal with him, Hemingway!"
OGyrg TIL Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols and actor Philip Seymour Hoffman both died of heroin overdoses within just a five-minute walk from each other in New York City, and exactly 35 years to the day apart.
kOmmE TIL that the first novel featuring time travel was written in 1733. It is set 1997 and tells of a future where the world becomes dominated by the Jesuits. Because it was written before the industrial revolution, there is no depicted technological advancement between the author's time and the future
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