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Today I learned rich and notable people have a “social registry” (yellow pages for the rich )

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via reddit.com

8LLG TIL in 2005 the family of a missing farmer confessed to having killed the man, hacked the body into pieces and fed those to the family’s animals. Four years later, his body was found intact in a river behind the wheels of his car.
wLpAW TIL that Reno/Tahoe was the divorce capital of North America in the early 1900s because of its very lax divorce laws and only requiring 24 weeks of residence to file for divorce.
aoXN TIL Clarence Thomas, one of the Supreme Court Justices, hasn’t asked a single question for 7 years during oral arguments. The only time he broke his silence was when he joked that a law degree from Yale might be proof of incompetence.
e0Ydg TIL: The USS Wisconsin took a direct hit from N Korean 155mm guns with little damage. The crew then returned fire with all nine of her 16 inch guns totally obliterating anything in the position the hostile shots came from. After the shots were fired, a sister ship signaled them "Temper, Temper"
m1Gdp TIL that The Terminator originally considered casting Arnold Schwarzenegger as the hero. Director James Cameron envisioned the Terminator as a more inconspicuous figure. However, after meeting Schwarzenegger, Cameron realized his imposing presence was ideal for the Terminator role.