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TIL In 1911, two Oxford academics claimed they time-traveled to 18th-century Versailles and saw Marie Antoinette.

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xvE5 TIL in WWII Japan used underwater manned suicide torpedos called Kaiten to destroy American ships. If they were successful, they blew up. If they missed, they sank to the bottom of the ocean.
6ARQ TIL Takeru Kobayashi, 6-time Nathans Hot Dog Eating competition winner, lost in a hotdog eating competition against a 1089lb Kodiak bear; he ate 31 hot dogs in 2min36 seconds against the bear’s 50. In 2012 Kobayashi broke the record held by the bear at the Texas state fair with 60 in 2min 35sec.
R5ym7 TIL birds are not descended from bird-hipped dinosaurs (Ornithischians,) but rather, lizard-hipped dinosaurs (Saurischians). Birds and bird-hipped dinosaurs evolved their hip structures independently of one another.
lZDA TIL a 16 year old boy died after masturbating 42 times in one night
1adXO TIL a man was arrested in Japan for selling hacked Pokémon. The suspect had his computer seized by authorities and police believe the man made up to the equivalent of $10,000 selling illegal Pokémon.