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TIL MI6 hacked an al-Qaeda website and replaced it’s bomb-making instructions with a cupcake recipe.

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ADENd TIL that Marconi believed, late on in life, that no sound ever dies completely. He dreamt of building a device strong enough to pick up the actual words of Jesus at the 'Sermon on the Mount'.
worBo TIL: About a Western European tradition called ‘Telling the bees’ in which bees are told of important events, including deaths, births, marriages and departures and returns in the keeper's household.
8e6VL TIL of Japanese Olympic athlete Shizo Kanakuri (金栗 四三), who held the world record for the longest marathon run of 54 years, 8 months, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3.seconds after collapsing during the race, returning home, and finishing it decades later in his 70s.
AD4ol TIL of Libertinism, described as an extreme form of hedonism. Libertines put value on physical pleasures, meaning those experienced through the senses. Notable practitioners included Cyrano de Bergerac, Aleister Crowley, Don Juan, and even some people from modern times.
YRBv TIL January 8, 1835 is the only day where the United States was completely debt free.