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TIL that the 5th oldest known tree on earth was burned down by a Floridian woman who was smoking meth inside it in 2012

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9YjAm TIL When Congolese dictator Mobutu's wife died he married his mistress and made her twin sister his new mistress. The Pope refused to officiate.
OoR4Y TIL the Khlysty, a Russian Christian sect, would engage at the end of their services in "group sinning" (a frenzied sexual orgy), to purify themselves from the lusts of the flesh. They believed that salvation required total repentance, which was far more achievable for one who had truly transgressed
l7MjV TIL about the “Rawalpindi Experiments” where British Soldiers tested the effects of mustard gas on 20,000 Indians in the early 1930s
dNrE TIL In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
KOwaQ TIL there were at least seven types of alcoholic beverages in the Americas before European contact. One of them is made from pineapple, and another is made from the honey of a domesticated stingless bee.