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TIL about KC Paul, an Indian man who has spent almost 40 years trying to prove that the sun revolves around the earth

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yQPnp TIL in 1209, crusaders were sent to siege Béziers (in France) as many citizens had become heretics. Before the attack, the army asked the Pope's ambassador on how to distinguish between heretics and Catholics, he replied: "Kill them all; let God sort them out." All 20,000 inhabitants were killed.
9L9r TIL of the Rosenhan Experiment, a study that showed that many doctors in psychiatric hospitals cannot actually distinguish people with actual mental illness from those faking it.
ADYMg TIL Valeant operating practice was gouging patients to beef up their returns while consolidating most of the pharmaceutical industry. Senators found the 30-year-old drug Syprine, which was acquired by Valeant in 2010, has seen a price increase of more than 3,000 per cent.
pPQp TIL: A majority of people who’ve had a near-death-experience report sensations of detachment from the body, total serenity, warmth and the presence of a light. However a minority have reported panic, anguish, desperation, intense loneliness and the sensing of evil, malevolent forces
16QQ7 TIL the record for the longest time to complete the marathon is over 54 years