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TIL one man was caught twice on To Catch a Predator. The second time was less than a week after his court date for the first one. It was so soon that Chris Hansen recognized him.

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9Yga7 TIL a majority of indigenous mainland Americans prefer the terms "Indian" and "American Indian" to "Native American". Many tribes include Indian in their formal titles.
D1glv TIL Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko started smoking at the age of 9. He died after only 13 months in office, the third Soviet leader to die during Reagan’s presidency. When informed, Reagan remarked, “How am I supposed to get anyplace with the Russians if they keep dying on me?”
R5Rwl TIL that the Catholic church didn't even vindicate Galileo Galilei of heresy until November 4, 1992. More than 350 years after the fact.
kJ1Wm TIL about Johnny Clem, who joined the Union Army as a drummer boy at age 10. Clem became a legend when he shot and killed a Confederate Colonel at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863.
OGnmX TIL that a well-respected British academic known for his work on the dead sea scrolls, argued that Jesus was a mushroom