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TIL mediaeval theologians held that part of the pleasure of Heaven was watching the suffering of Hell.

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VM0K4 TIL that Rollen Stewart, the “John 3:16 guy” who would wear rainbow wigs and attend numerous sporting events while holding up religious signs in view of television cameras, is currently serving multiple life-sentences in California.
DjdY TIL a Romanian-born Israeli and American scientist, engineer, professor, teacher, and a Holocaust survivor, Liviu Librescu, held the door of his classroom during the Virginia Tech shootings sacrificing his life while the gunman continuously shot through the door saving 22 of his 23 students.
l76Ea TIL Bob Barker (RIP!) and Adam Sandler did a sequel skit to Happy Gilmore in 2015 for the Night of Too Many Stars
0wVDL TIL that the tail of a stegosaurus is called the "thagomizer". The term was coined in 1982 in a cartoon made by Gary Larson. This bone did not have a scientific name yet, and thagomizer was eventually adopted as the scientific name.
gXpL TIL that a real life Mowgli existed, and she’s a French girl.