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TIL of "The Hole", a prison camp led by Scientology. One former prisoner reported that she had to stand in a rubbish bin for hours while executives screamed in her face and poured water over her.

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QN85M TIL an elephant trampled a woman to death then returned days later to her funeral to trample the body again
b91lN TIL That Cuban taxi drivers make more in 30 minutes than doctors do in a month.
x9xg TIL The James Randi Educational Foundation will pay $1,000,000 to any person who demonstrates any psychic, supernatural, or paranormal ability under satisfactory observation. In the 50 years it’s been running, no one has passed the preliminary test.
QJjN9 TIL sculptor Tom Otterness adopted, chained, then shot and killed a dog for an art film and continues to get multi-million city contracts for sculptures.
wLl1J TIL that the late rapper 2pac Shakur read for the part of “Bubba” in the movie Forrest Gump. David Allen Grier, Ice Cube, and Dave Chappelle were offered the role of “Bubba” but all three turned down the role.