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TIL that RadioShack has been purchased by a series of organizations that then went nearly or fully bankrupt, including Tai Lopez’ holding company

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PYAaE TIL that in the Science of Discworld books, which tells of a flat "earth" floating through space, there is a organization called Omnianism, on Discworld, that believes the Discworld is round.
BpLr TIL that until 1978 the Mormon church taught that blacks were once an evil race of Jews who were colored by God for their wickedness.
worGo TIL that the extinct Ubykh language, spoken in the Caucasus until 1992, holds the record for most consonants: it had 83 but only two vowels
OrY6 TIL “Now is not the time for making new enemies” were allegedly the death bed words of Voltaire, after being asked by a priest to denounce Satan.
5VWeP TIL the sex worker arrested with Hugh Grant earned $1.6 million from publicity related to her arrest and used the money to buy a home in Beverly Hills and put her daughters through private school.