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TIL “Crank Magnetism” is the term for the likelihood that a person who believes in one ridiculous conspiracy will probably believe many others, even if they logically conflict.

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PX0E TIL That ‘District 9’ is the outcome of the failed 'Halo’ movie
xkZo TIL: South African prison gangs use HIV infection as punishment, ordering gang members carrying the AIDS virus to rape disobedient inmates in a ritual known as “slow puncture”.
gMYR7 TIL that the European colonial powers used indentured workers from India as cheap labor after the end of slavery
wLn61 TIL that despite the Seven Years' War between Britain and France, France instructed its ships not to interfere with the Endeavour's expedition to Tahiti to observe the 1769 Transit of Venus as, it was ‘out on enterprises of service to all mankind'.
VBWjG Today I learned that the comedy folk band 'The Lancashire Hotpots' were forced to change the title of their song "The Beer Olympics" due to copyright claims by the IOC. They then renamed the song "The Beer International Non-Profit, Non-Governmental Sporting Quad Yearly Event."