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TIL that Tolstoy and Gandhi were pen pals for years

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QNKLE TIL that the actor for Blippy performed the Harlem Shake on a toilet and defecated on a naked friend prior to becoming a Child Entertainer.
N7y7Q TIL: The judge in the Terri Schiavo case had to be flown to a secret location to make a final decision to take her off life support, he wore a bullet-proof vest after her death and had cops on land and water guarding his home, and had to quit his church. He also was Jim Morrison's college roommate.
Me6dA TIL Babe Ruth once put on a fake beard so he could play baseball for a team made up of religious cult members
l71wK TIL: In 1982 Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em was released on Atari. Players control two nude women; the goal is to catch semen in their mouths, which is falling from a masturbating man on a rooftop, without missing.
5Zyk TIL southern schools are more segregated now than they were in 1968