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TIL that Michael Jackson had a meeting in one of the twin towers on the morning of 9/11 but missed it because he overselpt

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Z8yPY TIL that a holocaust denial group offered $50,000 to anyone who could prove that gas chambers were used to intentionally kill people at Auschwitz. They were forced by a judge to pay that money, and an additional $40,000, to Auschwitz survivor Mel Mermelstein who provided proof of that very fact.
X0rj8 TIL people didn’t know TNT was explosive for 28 years and used it as yellow dye instead
dyw9 TIL: Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian’ (1979) was filmed in Tunisia reusing sets from TV mini-series 'Jesus of Nazareth’ shot there a few years earlier.
b9PAj TIL Taoists believe one of the ways to live longer is to avoid/control ejaculation, as the release of semen meant the loss of life force (qi)
VB0NQ TIL Haitian-American Joe Gaetjens, the sole goal-scorer in the upset victory over England in the 1950 World Cup, would later be kidnapped by Haitian dictator "Papa Doc" Duvalier's secret police. He was taken to a prison notorious for torture and never heard of again until confirmed dead in 1972.