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TIL There is a pickpocket who can steal your sunglasses off your face.

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YxbW TIL in 2013 a flight from LA to NYC was diverted to Kansas City because a passenger refused to stop singing “I Will Always Love You”. She was forcibly removed from the plane.
E1PWw TIL in the LOTR, Gimli was 139 years old when he joined the Fellowship. He also wanted to join his father and Thorin Oakenshield on their journey to reclaim The Lonely Mountain in The Hobbit, but was denied for being too young at age 62.
9Yd7X TIL that the costumes Michael Jackson wore at the end of his shows had to be smaller than the costume he wore at the beginning, since he sweated so much during each concert that he physically shrunk.
WAX TIL that a month before Mubarak’s fall 82% of Egyptians supported stoning to death as punishment for adultery, 77% supported hand amputation as punishment for theft, and 84% supported the death penalty for anyone who leaves Islam
yQDDv TIL of the Turner Doomsday Video where if the world were to ever end CNN would air this pre recorded video