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TIL A Group Of Flat Earthers Spend $20,000 Trying To Prove Earth Is Flat, Accidentally Prove It's Round

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v497 TIL Atheists cannot hold office or testify as a witness in Arkansas
EgpW TIL in the 90s Johnny Depp trashed a NYC hotel room and when confronted by the authorities claimed an armadillo was responsible for the damage. It apparently leaped from a cupboard before trashing the room and throwing itself out the window.
R6Yw TIL the two sides involved in the Nigerian civil war in 1967 agreed to a 48 hour ceasefire so that they could watch Pele play in Nigeria
R76w8 TIL about Yatch Support Vessels. Basically a storage yatch someone buys to follow their main yatch. It can house all their toys (Jet skis, helicopters, etc.,) and staff so their MAIN yatch isn't cluttered.
OGAe1 TIL that Bill Murray did not sign a contract while agreeing to play the lead in Lost In Translation. Director Sofia Coppola then proceeded to spend a quarter of the film's budget without knowing if Murray would follow through and expressed relief when he finally showed up.