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TIL televangelist Pat Robertson had extensive business with West African warlord Charles Taylor, who "has been found responsible for aiding and abetting as well as planning some of the most heinous and brutal crimes in recorded human history" and sentenced to 50 years for crimes against humanity.

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OZY7 TIL that Roy Sullivan is the record holder for most survived lightning strikes. He was struck in a fire lookout tower, in his truck, in his front yard, in a ranger station, twice while driving away from the storm, and immediately after the seventh strike he fought off a bear with a tree branch.
1PrO TIL that the last execution by electric chair in the United States before Furman v. Georgia was done to James D. French whose last words before his death were “How’s this for your headline? ‘French Fries’”.
dDPr TIL That caskets are rectangular and coffins are tapered at the shoulder
WkWoA TIL that sunflowers are capable of cleaning heavy toxins such as arsenic and even uranium from soil.
J11vv TIL that The Osmonds originally formed, in part, to raise money to buy hearing aids for their deaf brothers Tom and Virl.