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XENr8 TIL legendary comedian Norm Macdonald had a severe gambling addiction that resulted in him losing all of his money on three separate occasions (largest was 400K at one time). It started with a 6 figure win in a night at a craps table in Atlantic City and grew to 20 online Texas hold'em hands at once
6WZQ TIL that the Dali Lama is not in fact a vegetarian, but a meat eater.
wDoo TIL That the 1937 Soviet census committee was arrested for “sabotage” and records were destroyed after they showed a mere 162 million citizens, an increase of 1.5 mil since 1930, rather than the expected 185+ million. It is now used to estimate the # of Stalins victims.
0w0xM TIL that in 1966 a US Air Force B-52 bomber and a USAF tanker collided in midair, and the 4 nuclear bombs the B-52 carried fell into Southeast Spain. One of the bombs detonated, scattering plutonium all over the countryside.
j47a TIL: English is the only language in the top ten most spoken languages that does not have a regulatory committee to approve spelling.