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TIL the Church of Satan doesn’t even believe in the Devil, but merely in embracing one’s carnal self.

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rZGy TIL after escaping an Australian prison, 6 starving convicts cannibalized the dying men 1 by 1 til the last survivor was captured. He escaped jail again with 1 man, then killed & ate him despite having other food left, saying human meat was “delicious” & better than fish or pork
QJRva TIL In 1988, "R, S, T, L, N, E" were the letters the chosen for Wheel of Fortune's bonus round as nearly 45% of the English language contains atleast one of these consonants .
NE98 TIL author Tess Gerritsen wrote a book called Gravity in 1999 about a woman scientist on the ISS who has to escape after satellite debris destroys the station. She sold the rights to New Line in 2000, who attached Alfonso Cuaron to direct. Cuaron has since claimed he came up with the story.
XEVn6 TIL about Ron Stallworth, the first African-American police officer and detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department who conducted an infiltration of the Ku Klux Klan
yZ9X TIL: Will Smith was actually born and raised in West Philadelphia.