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TIL Over 30000 people have purchased alien abduction insurance.

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69A9Q TIL that during World War II, publication of the Michelin Guide was suspended. In 1944, at the request of the Allied Forces, the 1939 guide to France was specially reprinted for military use; its maps were judged the best and most up-to-date available.
rN40d TIL that a heavily Christianized version of Buddha’s story was immensely popular in Europe in the 11th century as the Legend of Barlaam and Josaphat; although British became first aware of Buddhism’s existence as a religion only in the 19th century.
DJyv TIL Zach Braff beat up a 12 year old for spraying fake paint on his Porsche as a part of a prank on the show Punked. The scene was edited out.
DnZD TIL of Giant MacAskill, the largest ‘naturally proportioned’ giant to ever live. Still holding the record for largest chest measurements of any 'non obese’ person, he once lifted a 1000 LB anchor to prove a point.
wLeoo TIL the Peruvian government sterilized 200,000 Indigenous Americans in the 1990s.