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TIL that Gordon Ramsay was doused in petrol and held at gunpoint in Costa Rica while investigating illegal shark fin trading for a television series

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p8GZZ TIL that during the Austro-Prussian War, Liechtenstein had an army of 80 men. During the conflict no men were injured or killed and they returned home with 81 men because they’d made an Italian friend along the way. The army was then disbanded and Liechtenstein hasn’t had a military since.
VmYk TIL: When Steve Wozniak built the original 200 Apple-1 Computers in Steve Jobs’ parents’ garage, in 1976. they chose a price of $666.66, because Wozniak “liked repeating digits”
R7xG8 TIL The Magic School Bus’ theme song was sung by Little Richard
W71w8 TIL The last game released for the PlayStation 2, "Pro Evolution Soccer 2014" was released on 8 November 2013. This was 13 years after the PS2 was initially released, and the same month of the PS4's release.
5YDvR TIL there's a mass grave near Chicago containing about 60 circus performers. Some visitors report hearing ghostly elephant sounds at night.