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Today I learned that Mel Gibson's father was a reactionary Catholic and antisemitic conspiracy theorist who was also the grand champion of Jeopardy! in 1968

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kDym TIL that most butterfly’s depicted in art are shown as dead
7rWeP TIL Serbian wedding guests accidentally downed a small plane with celebratory gunfire in 2003
oBjvY TIL the lyrics of "Paperback Writer" actually show a bad pitch of a book - reasons for the pitch's low quality include not telling enough about the plot, revealing the writer's desperation, making outlandish claims and showing that the book is unfinished.
gMlP8 TIL of the Shirime, a japanese spirit that strips naked and flashes its butthole that contains a shiny eye to innocent bystanders
waLE TIL when emperor Caracalla visited Alexandria, he was greeted with satires of him and other insults. He responded by massacring the city’s citizens and pillaging it afterwards.