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TIL that the mastermind behind the two (2002 and 2005) Bali Bombings and numerous other bombings in Indonesia within that time period was a Malaysian college professor with a PhD from the University of Reading in UK.

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MZm8 TIL that a bulbous bow allows a ship to move faster by cancelling waves with its own waves
0wBDv TIL Molly Brown survived the Titanic and was rescued by the Carpathia. Aboard the Carpathia, a battered Brown did what she could to help the other survivors, including raising money from the wealthy to help poor passengers. Her acts of heroism earned her the nickname "the Unsinkable Mrs. Brown."
QJA4L TIL, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is of working class background, but when she was young, her family won £100,000 in a bingo competition, which allowed her to take dance and ballet lessons and attend a private school.
9XGm TIL Stan Lee’s use of alliterative names in his comics (e.g., Peter Parker, Bruce Banner, Matt Murdock, etc.) was due to his poor memory. He thought that using names that started with the same letter would help him remember the character’s whole name.
8vEZ TIL Dwayne Johnson was Tim Burton’s second choice to play the role of Willy Wonka in ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’.