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TIL of "Rubygate", where Ruby Rubacuori, 17-years old, claimed Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi gave her $10,000 at private parties. Ruby told prosecutors that Berlusconi held orgies where 20 young women performed an African ritual known as "bunga bunga" nude.

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vPOjx TIL The NBA's Chicago Bulls famously used Alan Parson's 'Sirius' as an introduction song during the legendary Jordan years. Parsons had no clue his song was being used and made very little money off of it due to licensing agreements that heavily favor corporations over the actual artists.
xVjwo TIL the last Saturday of each month in Rwanda is Umuganda day, which means 'coming together in common purpose', when adult Rwandans are required to join in country wide clean-up tasks like picking up litter
Aw8w TIL of The Hole. A facility owned and operated by the Church of Scientology that held executives against their will for months at a time. Abuse and humiliation tactics were used to force confessions from members who were believed to have counter intentions from the church and its leader
bdQ0 TIL that one man won $6 million in one night from one casino. Don Johnson singlehandedly ruined the Tropicana’s April 2011 revenue through blackjack; he’d already won $9 million at two other casinos. He is now banned from most Atlantic City casinos.
6E8kw TIL about a procedure called ”tooth in eye surgery”, where the patient’s tooth is removed, a tiny lens is inserted into it, and the tooth is the put inside the patient’s eye. It’s only used for rare cases of corneal blindness and only a few operations take place each year.