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TIL Arthur Conan Doyle made friends with Harry Houdini over their shared interest in Spiritualism. They fell out when Houdini started calling BS on the whole thing.

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d8DZE TIL that once WWII ended, ethnic German civilians fell victim to mass-murders, mass-rapes, torture, and forced labor all throughout Europe.
PYYrw Short answer: In principle, yes
nN5P TIL Wild cattle inhabits an island, originated from the introduction of 5 animals by a Farmer during his brief attempt at settlement of the island (1871), and had increased to a pop. of 2,000 (1988). They now form one of the only herds of feral cows anywhere in the world.
GAJLj TIL a 2017 lawsuit resulted in the Village People's official line-up completely changing. Their original lead singer got rights to their name, and the two original members still in the group at that point were effectively replaced. One retired and the other went solo.
D1WYP TIL Apple Computer produced a home game console called the Pippin.