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TIL that Ricardo Montalban saw Mr. Roarke as a fallen angel who was serving a penance for being too prideful. Helping guests rediscover their moral compass through the fantasies he granted them.

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GYLKG TIL after the infamous German cannibal case of Armin Meiwes and his willing 'victim' Bernd Brandes in 2001, Detlev Guenzel repeated that act in 2013, on the same site Meiwes found his victim.
GA65g TIL Alexander Alekhine, World Chess Champion from 1927 to 1935, once tried to cross the German-Polish border with no papers. He instead offered a declaration. “I am Alekhine, chess champion of the world. This is my cat. Her name is Chess. I need no passport.” He was arrested.
OojPR TIL Chris Sacca invested in Uber
E1lPw TIL “Military Grade” is just a marketing ploy. In the actual military, “military grade” means “meeting the bare-minimum requirements of durability, while also costing the least.”
5g1P TIL a bill in 2007 changed the law so that the President of the United States will now be able to take total control of a state’s National Guard units without the governor’s consent. In a letter to Congress, all 50 governors opposed the increase in power of the President.