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TIL America is still in a state of emergency from 9/11

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R5j06 TIL: Kevin Costner grew up in Compton - a historically crime-ridden city within Los Angeles County
ZVmQ TIL in 1692, an impoverished widow and mother of 8 named Susannah Martin fell victim to the Salem Witch Trials and was hanged. Her great-great-great-great Grandson would become the 21st President of the US, Chester A. Arthur.
R7MX7 TIL that when a decapitated flatworm regrows its head, it gets all its old memories back too.
PDjn TIL in the Catholic sainthood process “the Devil’s advocate”, was a canon lawyer appointed to argue against the canonization of a candidate. They would take a skeptical view of the candidate’s character, look for holes in the evidence, and argue that attributed miracles were fraudulent.
rNRGx TIL that when the film adaptation of the Crow was in preproduction, Paramount studio execs proposed turning the movie into a musical starring Michael Jackson.