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9YPBr TIL The Vatican, Yale University, and many libraries have had requests sent to reserve the book, The Necronomicon, a fictional book invented by H.P. Lovecraft.
vP4kL TIL of the 'Sicarii', a group of Jewish zealots who are regarded as one of the earliest known organized assassination units of cloak and daggers, predating the Order of Assassins and Japanese ninja by centuries.
g6mW TIL that when Admiral Rickover, father of the USA’s nuclear navy, was forced to retire by President Reagan he replied with “Mr. President, that is bullshit” and walked out.
698kJ TIL of Lloyd's Bank Coprolite, the largest known fossilized human feces. It measures 20 centimeters (8 in) long and 5 centimeters (2 in) wide and is currently on display at the Jorvik Viking Centre
LkM49 TIL that after Kanye's interruption of Taylor Swifts acceptance speech, Comedy Central played a South Park episode mocking Kanye's ego, four times in a row, back to back.