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TIL That an illiterate clown was elected to Brazilian congress in 2010.

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6E8NQ TIL a couple from Alberta went to their abandoned farm to scavenge the septic tank pump instead of buying a new one, only to find the body of a man that was brutally tortured before being dumped there. The murder remains unsolved.
WkpE8 TIL that, after becoming the first white man to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds, French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre received a formal letter of invitation from the Ku Klux Klan. He did not respond.
6E9xY TIL of a form of medieval torture, where the victims feet were covered in salt water and then a goat would start licking them. Sometimes the laughter and stress from the intense tickling resulted in a heart attack or a brain hemorrhage.
X0k8E TIL Project A119 : a top-secret project to nuke the Moon
odrY TIL that Man o’ War, one of the greatest racehorses of all time, won 20 out of 21 races - his only loss was to a horse named “Upset”.