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TIL that Jim Jones, leader of Peoples Temple declared to his followers that all men were homosexual, except for him, despite being arrested and charged for soliciting a man for sex. NSFW

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9wlYp TIL the Florida-based “party rap” group 2 Live Crew holds the distinction of releasing the first sound recording to be declared obscene.
kO8Xg TIL that besides Chernobyl and Fukushima, there was a Soviet nuclear disaster that happened on 1957. The Kyshtym Disaster. Death toll is estimated to be at 50 to more than 8,000. The CIA knew about it but covered it up to prevent panic affecting their own nuclear plants.
4wvN TIL In 2013 a genetic test of fish in restaurants and supermarkets showed 84% of Sushi restaurants in the US mislabeled and replaced tuna with Escolar, a fish known to cause prolonged, uncontrollable oily anal leakage
GY1J4 TIL that the very first western film to play on North Korean state TV was Bend It Like Beckham in order to celebrate a decade of diplomatic ties to the UK
5J1n TIL a priest imprisoned in Auschwitz for aiding Jews volunteered to die in a stranger’s place. He lived for 2 weeks without food or water before being given a lethal injection.