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TIL Espionage Act violations carry up to 10 years prison penalty per violation (per document)

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VDWQ TIL the woman responsible for the botched “potato Jesus” restoration receives 49% of all of the church’s souvenir sales featuring the image.
kOGed TIL all Presidents of the United States (except for Van Buren) are descendants of King John of England.
5WyP TIL punk band The Dead Kennedys were invited to perform at the Bay Area Music Awards to play their song “California Über Alles”. Instead they wrote a new song “Pull My Strings” to make a mockery out of the event and mainstream music.
QJllL TIL that when some Hawaiians stole a cutter vessel from James Cook, he kidnapped one of their chiefs, expecting them to submit like the many other tribes he had encountered. The Hawaiians proceeded to kill Cook and 4 of his men.
b7jE TIL that a British sharpshooter nearly killed an unaware George Washington before the Battle of Brandywine, but the shooter decided against it because Washington’s back was turned.