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TIL Thomas Radecki, one of the psychiatrists involved with pushing the D&D Satanic Panic, is currently serving an 11-to-22 year prison sentence

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0dgYv TIL that 5-time F1 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio couldn't race in the 1958 Cuban Grand Prix, because he was kidnapped by Fidel Castro's henchmen to attract worldwide publicity to their cause. He was treated well and handed over to the Argentine embassy soon after the race
pNxO TIL. There have been two known fatalities of people suffocating on marshmallows playing Chubby Bunny.
oBNxR TIL: In the '60s a researcher put 3 men who believed themselves to be Jesus in a support group together, and all three ended up believing the others were wrong and they were still Jesus and the others were robots after much arguing over their divinity
pjXN TIL Michael Phelps was once ranked No. 2 in his age class as a youth swimmer. The No. 1 swimmer was current NBA player Kris Humphries.
vlkx TIL in the ‘80s, Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth took out a $1 million paternity insurance policy. This protected him against any claims from overzealous fans that he had fathered their child.