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TIL Marie Holmes won $188 million & vowed to give her church a big donation. After commuting to donate $1.5 million, the pastor sued her for $10 million for a verbal agreement to donate more. The pastor said Holmes gave him emotional stress, causing him to take medicine for anxiety and depression.

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rpW0 TIL in Will Smith’s 1999 movie adaptation of the 1965 TV series “Wild Wild West,” the giant steampunk spider was actually pretty appropriate for the source material. The TV show has been credited as “one of the more visible origins of the steampunk subculture.”
XZ9j TIL That Lyndon Johnson once threatened a Greek Ambassador saying “Fuck your parliament and your constitution. America is an elephant. Cyprus is a flea. Greece is a flea. If these two fleas continue itching the elephant, they may just get whacked good…”
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