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TIL Lobert is the founder of Hookers for Jesus, an international, Christian faith-based nonprofit organization that addresses prostitution, sex trafficking, and sexual violence and exploitation. In 2008, a safe house program was established in the Las Vegas area for victims.

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VBL0Z TIL of Luckner Cambronne a Haitian militia leader under Francois Duvalier, who became known as the Vampire of the Caribbean for selling 1,600 gallons of blood plasma a month, from his victims to the United States.
WkgLL TIL astronaut Wally Schirra would take pictures of his frozen pee as it floated through space, glinting with sunlight. The pee-flakes looked like a beautiful starfield, he said. One astronomer saw a photo & asked what constellation it was, and Schirra said "Jocelyn, that's the constellation Urion."
E1ZaP TIL that rechargeable electric cars existed and were quite popular in the late 1800’s. Worldwide discoveries of large petroleum reserves and road infrastructure that required longer driving time led to their decline.
bMQ4 TIL Daniel Radcliffe’s stuntdouble for the first 6 Harry Potter movies is paralyzed from an accident on set during the filming of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows….X-Post r/Wtf_facts
RLm7 TIL that estimates place John D. Rockefeller’s personal net worth in today’s money at somewhere between $392,000,000,000 and $663,400,000,000.