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TIL a pastor was offered $250,000 to oppose a menthol cigarette ban from a tobacco company, RJ Reynolds

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0w7N5 TIL that deceased brothel owner Dennis Hof was elected to the Nevada State Assembly in 2018, having passed away between the primary and the general election
kOAw4 TIL on 1 May 1950 Mosinee, WI staged a communist take over where the mayor was dragged from his bed and "surrendered". The excitement caused him to have a heart attack, killing him 5 days later. The local minister also died after showing how he would hide a Bible from communists in a church organ.
6mpX TIL Eminem was interviewed on 60 Minutes and showed Anderson Cooper how to rhyme the word “orange” by making it two syllables: “I put my orange four-inch door-hinge in storage and ate porridge with George.”
lo4yN TIL at the Skeleton Coast (called by natives "The Land God Made in Anger") where the Atlantic meets the Namib desert, over 1000 ships have met their end.
AaVd TIL time-travel, faster-than-light travel and “sliding between parallel worlds” are theoretically possible if there are multiple time dimensions.