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TIL in the year 2000 the award-winning publication UPI (United Press International) was bought by billionaire cult leader Sun Myung Moon, who claimed to be the second coming of Christ. Mr. Moon has since died, but UPI is still owned by his holding company.

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N7561 TIL: WWF had a storyline in which an elderly female wrestler, Mae Young, got pregnant, got punched, and gave birth to a fully formed hand. Twelve years later, he returned, as a fully grown giant hand.
loAEK TIL that in 1800s America, popcorn was used as a breakfast food with it being mixed with milk and sweetener similar to cereal.
kJPKd TIL about William J. Morrison, co-inventor of the cotton candy machine, was a dentist.
j68Rj TIL about The Public Universal Friend; a genderless American Quaker who preached in the late 1700s.
vPY4j TIL developing a drug to treating parasitic infections in cattle, the developers, Merck, noticed it prevents human "River Blindness" that can leave entire villages blind. Seeing its importance, Merck's executives decided to distribute the expensive drug for free until the disease was eradicated