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TIL of the 115 cases reviewed with LexisNexis and newspaper sources, Sylvia Browne, the famous psychic, was wrong in twenty-five, and the remaining ninety either have no available details outside of the transcript or the crime is unsolved, leaving no way to confirm Browne’s claims

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eMjJ TIL that Pat Robertson diverted Rwandan Genocide aid to build a Diamond Mine in Liberia. The Virginia AG whose campaign received $35,000 from Robertson declined to prosecute.
Vx54 TIL, when Carl Linnaeus was in Hamburg, the mayor proudly showed him the remains of a seven-headed hydra. Linnaeus found out the remains were fake and made it public. As a result Linnaeus was forced to leave Hamburg immediately, as he crushed the mayor´s dream of selling the hydra for a large sum.
d8mM8 TIL that in the 1940s, penicillin was so limited that it was re-extracted from the urine of patients to conserve it.
P7GE TIL that Fox originally wanted to make Matt Groening’s “Life in Hell” into an animated series, but Groening didn’t want to lose his rights to it, so he said he had “this other family, called the Simpsons,” and then he proceeded to draw figures on a napkin that he made up on the spot.
7rNop TIL Janis Joplins will included the stipulation she wanted $2,500 of her estate set aside for a post-funeral party about 200 special guests were invited with invitations that read "Drinks are on Pearl" in reference to her nickname.. the party took place at the Lion's Share in San Anselmo California