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TIL Rastafarians believed Haille Selassie, then king of Ethiopia to be the second coming of Jesus. Selassie refuted this and publicly denied his immorality. Rastafarians took this as proof he was in fact Jesus. Selassie's subsequent death in 1975 resulted in a crisis of faith for many Rastafarians.

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JY4r1 TIL about Rita Wolfensohn who was legally blind, a hoarder and had presumably lived alone believing her adult son Louis had moved out. Rita didn’t know her son Louis was “living” with her for the past 20 years, however he was dead that entire time.
grK9X TIL that lemurs of the Indriidae family have feet so modified to grab onto and jump between trees that they can't properly walk on ground. Instead they must hop around like complete madmen.
M7QPW TIL that Warren Beatty was interviewed in character as Dick Tracy in a 2008 TV special that aired once on TCM. In the show, the Tracy character was interviewed about Beatty's 1990 movie, "Dick Tracy." Beatty made the special to retain sequel rights to the character. He still hasn't made the sequel.
JVy1 TIL An Australian study sent test subjects to bus stops where they boarded with a faulty bus card and asked the driver to stay on. 72% of whites were allowed to stay on, 36% of blacks, 51% of Indians, and 73% of Asians
e0Abg TIL that a Spanish double agent, Juan Pujol Garcia got medals for spying from both Nazi Germany and the British Empire. He ran a fake spy network in London for Germany and recruited 27 fictitious agents all on German dime to provided them with fake intelligence during WW2.