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TIL that Helga Estby made a bet for $10000 that she could walk across the United States to save their farm. After she and her daughter did so, she received no money and found that two of her children had died in the meantime.

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8aV98 TIL a woman sued a TV weatherman after he predicted a sunny day, causing her to go out lightly dressed - and when it turned stormy, she caught the flu, missed 4 days’ work, spent $38 on medication, and suffered stress. The case was settled out of cоurt for $1000, and the weatherman apologised to her
Z8b4R TIL Peppa Pig has been blocked from an online video channel in China after becoming associated with “gangster” subculture.
LQRk0 TIL in 2009 a man hid a bomb inside his anus in an attempt to assassinate saudi prince Muhammad bin Nayef, which was described as "a novel technique". Even though he got within hand-shake distance from the prince, his body absorbed most of the blast, so Bin Nayef was only slightly injured
wLRbM TIL when a pedophile ring was uncovered in the Pitcairn Islands the islanders tried to declare independence from the UK as a legal defence, in perhaps the only example of a group seeking independence for the freedom to sexually abuse children
b6g6N Today I learned virtual reality dining is being created that uses electrodes to make you taste different foods and even feel them in your mouth, their texture and you chewing it! Sooo weird! What if one day we can create a reality within a reality that can’t be discerned from each other?