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TIL the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens were the first international Olympic Games held in modern history.

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x6E1b TIL that a 68-year-old inmate in Malta was fined €800 for telling the former prisons director and two guards to “kiss my balls”, but he appealed the sentence and won
brQ9 TIL Vincent Van Gogh painted over some of his paintings, keeping them hidden until X-ray technology brought their beauty to light.
OGBp7 TIL about Flight 149. On 8/2/1990, the flight stopped to refuel in Kuwait, the same day Iraq invaded Kuwait. All 385 passenger and crew were taken hostage and were abused. Allegedly, the flight was allowed to fly despite warning from the Foreign Office, because it was a Trojan horse for MI6 agents.
oRx8E TIL: BBC online news has a language option for Pidgin
Jnxk TIL that some researchers believe that a brain parasite called Toxoplasma causes Cat Lady Syndrome and other severe mental illnesses