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grE09 TIL artist Damien Hirst created the most expensive work of art by a living artist. "For the Love of God" is a skull made out of platinum, human teeth & 8,601 diamonds. It cost 15 million pounds & took 18 months to make, completed in 2007.
yVxZM TIL of the Adam Cult, consisting of a single Bangladeshi family. They believed their grandfather (who died in 2000) was the original Adam, that all religion was fake, and that all humans were divine. In 2007, the family jumped in front of a moving train. None of the 9 members survived.
JYLkQ TIL they make bayonets for more than just rifles and shotguns
R7o4l TIL in 2015, an American teen chose to commit suicide by snake bite. Sitting in his car, he allowed his pet Cobra to bite him multiple times. He was found in his car having suffered cardiac arrest, the snake had escaped and was later found on a nearby road.
aP90 TIL Carrie Fisher was addicted to cocaine AND survived an overdose during the filming of The Empire Strikes Back.