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TIL While Michelangelo was painting the Last Judgement, Papal MC Biagio de Cesana spied on his work. And complained that it was not worthy of the Sistine Chapel. In response Michelangelo painted Biagio into the fresco, as the depiction of Minos being dragged to Hell with a snake biting his penis.

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4XAWJ TIL that Ron Stallworth, the man who infiltrated the ranks of the KKK and the center of the movie BlacKkKlansman, was a cheerleader, served in the Student Council, served on the Student Advisory Board to the EPISD Board, and was voted most popular in his Senior year at Austin High School
Gadj TIL that after a muti-day free base cocaine bender, Richard Pryor poured 151-proof rum all over himself and lit himself on fire. While ablaze, he ran from his Los Angeles home down Parthenia St., until being subdued by police.
OApL TIL the locations of the bodies of various religious leaders are known - including Muhammad, Confucius and a canine tooth of the Buddha
NMKJ TIL a 6 year old boy was convinced that he lived a previous life. He would sometimes miss his old family so badly to the point of tears. He and his mother, being accompanied by film crew and a child Phycologist, took a plane to the hometown he spoke of and the results were uncanny to say the least.
4kLn5 TIL Though not as often referenced or as documented, the Connecticut Witch Trials took place about 30 years before the Salem Witch Trials and were the first of their kind recorded in American history.