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TIL Jeremy Spencer, a founding member of Fleetwood Mac, left said band to join a cult (The Family International).

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KY8w6 TIL - Frances longest border is not Spain, Germany, or Italy but French Guiana a overseas territory of France, It shares a 730km (450mi) with Brazil
PWKn TIL Nicolas Cage bought a “haunted house” in Louisiana where dozens of slaves were tortured and killed. He then lost it to foreclosure in 2009.
vLQK TIL Jimmy Kimmel called out a Gawker writer on live television for publishing false reports that he was drunk in public, telling her, “I know you’re an editor. What exactly are you editing from the website?”
VB1w0 TIL - The first automotive recall was for the Ford Model T due to chigger bites. Ford either used Spanish Moss for seat padding or Spanish Moss as stuffing for Cypress wood crates, with the Cypress being used for the dashboard. Both items created a small ecosystem for the chiggers.
4krMw TIL a town in India is addicted to chess after one man taught everyone how to play 50 years ago to eliminate excessive alcohol consumption and gambling, which has now all decreased to nearly nothing.