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TIL The Stonewall Inn was owned by the US Mafia

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VM8Om TIL that in response to a satanic cult in Germany that worshiped a half-man, half-cat demon, the pope declared cats satanic, which caused the public to kill cats. This made the bubonic plague worse, which was also blamed on Satan.
d8ng9 TIL that Pandora's Box is a mistranslation. In the original story of Pandora, the container was actually a large storage jar, meaning we should be saying "Pandora's Jar."
loVGB TIL that Ayrton Senna blamed a "moving wall" for his crash at the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix. It was later found that the concrete wall had indeed moved out of place!
78YKp TIL Pigs can solve video game puzzles by using a joystick with their snouts.
gZbX TIL in 2011 a Minnesota man was arrested and charged for converting a vibrator into an explosive device with the intention of giving it to his ex-girlfriend for Christmas.