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TIL: in 1996 Dave Grohl had a cameo in an episode of The X-Files and had a huge crush on Gillian Anderson.

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BrY0k TIL that there is a specific type of OCD called Hit And Run OCD, in which the sufferer has unavoidable intrusive thoughts that they have just hit someone with their car while they are driving.
OGE4g TIL that fighting off bad spirits is serious business in Romania, and they do it in the coolest way possible—with a bear dance! You guys... every December, people in Comănești wear intricate bear costumes and perform traditional dances to banish evil spirits and welcome in the new year!
1kXW TIL a Chinese restaurant owner confessed to poisoning a competitor’s food killing 42 people in 2002.
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vPpbr TIL about the National Weather Service bulletin for the New Orleans region of 10:11 a.m., August 28, 2005, a particularly dire warning of the devastation that Hurricane Katrina could bring. It included the warning, "PERSONS EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK."