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TIL about Father Yod, a cult leader that was a fighter pilot in WW2, robbed several banks, opened one of the first vegan restaurants, and started a psychedelic rock band

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OG884 TIL Karl Bushby - a British ex-paratrooper - set out to walk around the world in 1998. He's currently at the Iranian border.
dBBZ TIL of Australian news anchor Karl Stefanovic, who wore the same suit on air every day for a year, to see if people would notice, and nobody did
R759Q TIL Jurrasic Park's T-Rex was almost as dangerous as a real one (and almost killed someone).
ORke TIL On June 28, 2009, Stephen Hawking held a party open to all, complete with hors d'oeuvres and iced champagne, but only publicized the party after it was over so that only time-travellers would know to attend; as expected, nobody showed up to the party.
jLBX TIL that one of the assassins who attempted to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand threw a grenade but missed the Archduke’s car. He swallowed cyanide and jumped in the River Miljacka, the cyanide was old and did not work, and the river was only 10cm deep. He was captured seconds later.