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TIL in 1999 Alec Wildenstein had the most expensive divorce in history with a settlement of $3.8 billion. During the divorce the judge stipulated that Mrs. Wildenstein couldn’t spend any of the money on cosmetic surgery (During the marriage she spent $4 million on surgery to look like a cat)

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JmGv TIL that The Day After, a 1983 made- for- TV movie about nuclear war and it’s horrific effects, was watched by about 100 million people when it aired. President Reagan was left deeply depressed after viewing it, the film is now seen as having pushed him to start advocating nuclear disarmament
e0PGk TIL that 15 Titanic survivors who witnessed the ship breaking in half were discredited by US and UK politicians who led disaster probes- agreeing with the highest ranking surviving officer on the Titanic who said that it sank in one piece.
OGZaR TIL A plumber found cash and checks stashed in a wall at Joel Osteen's Houston mega-church.
GOO7 TIL in 1973 while performing a concert in San Francisco, Keith Moon, the drummer for ‘The Who’ passed out because of severe drug and alcohol intoxication and was rushed to the hospital. Shortly afterwards a fan named Scot Halpin went on stage and finished the show in Keiths place.
OoAmY TIL: Italian herbalist Pietro Andrae Matthioli declared the red tomato as a mandrake, a halogenic poisonous planet root long associated with sexual desires, hallucinations and temptation because the tomato was similar looking to nightshade, an actual poisonous fruit.