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TIL that President Chester Arthur's grandson Gavin was described as "an Ivy League dropout, an Irish Republican Army activist, an experimental-film actor, a commune leader, a gold prospector, a teacher at San Quentin, and a bisexual sexologist/astrologer."

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4X61R TIL all proceeds made by Bad Wolves' rock cover of "Zombie" are being donated to the children of Dolores O'Riordan, the late singer of The Cranberries.
VBwoD TIL in 1898, dissatisfied with the city leadership of Wilmington North Carolina, Alfred Moore Waddell led a mob to overthrow it and took over as mayor for eight years. He faced little opposition from the US government and no real consequences.
LQpad TIL when Mike Meaney began his record attempt at being buried alive he neglected to tell his wife about his plan. She found out from listening to the radio. He staged workouts in a pub while in an oversized coffin, ate a diet of steak and cigarettes, and then spent 61 days buried alive
LplV TIL that the Cult Awareness Network, which criticized Scientology, among other cults, was undermined, sued and bought out by the Church of Scientology
Ggm7 TIL train attendants on the Shanghai-Beijing bullet train are required to smile while showing eight of their front teeth.