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TIL that Joseph Smith, Mormon prophet, was arrested at least 42 times, for crimes ranging from bank fraud, conspiracy to murder, polygamy, and perjury, and was killed by a mob while awaiting trial on charges of treason against Illinois

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pYGPN TIL Ricky Gervais was the lead singer of a new wave band in the early 1980s. Unbeknownst to him one of his singles became a multi-decade smash that is still played regularly on the radio and proms in the Philippines
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Y7Mx TIL that in 1914 Joseph Goldberger discovered the Cause of the disease Pellagra, but no one would recognize his findings.