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TIL that the FBI classified an MIT doctoral candidate's research on animal rights as a threat to national security

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ZEPG TIL There have been lawsuits against God. One suit, filed by State Senator Ernie Chambers in 2008, was eventually thrown out because the “Almighty was not properly served due to his unlisted home address”
5Vrap TIL That at the age of 14 Nadia Comăneci scored her first 10.0 at the Olympic Games. She went on to receive six more perfect 10s en route to winning three gold medals.
8dk4 TIL of the Sakai incident, where samurais killed 11 french sailors, only to be condemed to ritual disembowelment themselves.
JYJMQ TIL 2 Things: "Master Putter-Togetherer" is an actual job title...and they put together REALLY expensive, high-quality scissors
kONJW TIL There's a legend of a ghost called Suppon no yurei that is essentially a vengeful spirit of softshell turtles that attacks humans who eat too many of them.