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TIL that the actor playing The Mountain in Game of Thrones Season 4, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, is only 25 years old.

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ne6jP TIL that The International Space station is closer to the earth than San Francisco is to L.A.
oZQL TIL the first assassination attempt on a US President happened today in 1835, thwarted by 2 jammed guns. Andrew Jackson beat the crap out of his failed assassin with the help of (The) Davy Crockett.
VMdVG TIL that in 1933 6000 people were deported by the Soviet Union to an island in the middle of Siberia and were abandoned there without food or shelter. Within three weeks most of the prisoners were dead due to the widespread episodes of cannibalism. The island became known as “Cannibal Island”.
oB5nL TIL Mozart can reduce seizure frequency in people with epilepsy
MMNa TIL mathematician Max Little invented a brilliant way to diagnose Parkinson’s Disease by simply listening to someone’s voice on the phone. Success rate: an amazing 99%!