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TIL a Mexican politician accused of money laundering and participating in organized crime escaped arrest by sneaking into his own swearing-in ceremony, where he claimed parliamentary immunity

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jN6dp "If an asteroid hits the moon, it will just get another crater," says Gareth Wynn-Williams, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii. It would take a moon-size object to move the moon, says Clark Chapman, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, and most likely the moon wouldn't survive. Hitting it with a much larger, denser object would be like whacking an egg with a golf club.
nW8O7 TIL of Micheal Swango an American doctor estimated to have killed 60 patients and colleagues
p85jb TIL Betty Lynn, the actress who played Thelma Lou on the Andy Griffith Show, moved in 2007 from her native Los Angeles to Mount Airy, NC, the inspiration for Mayberry, where she is treated like royalty and still visits with fans at age 93.
JYxeV TIL in 1990 Marilyn vos Savant wrote about the "Monty Hall problem" in her column in Parade magazine, correctly answering the statistical brainteaser. Thousands wrote to her to insist she was wrong, including many people with PhDs. Mythbusters even confirmed she was right in a 2011 episode.
de5Q TIL that the Nation of Islam is linked to Scientology, they encourage the use of Dianetics and even have auditors