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TIL that Sir Isaac Newton likely died an 84 year old virgin.

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xVBv5 TIL that Charging Bull, the famous statue on Wall Street, was installed secretly and illegally outside the New York Stock Exchange in 1989 following the 1987 stock market crash. The sculpture was seized and impounded by NYPD, but re-installed two blocks south of the Exchange after a public outcry.
wX9o TIL that lead makes things sweet, making lead paint a much bigger problem for children.
yVO6e TIL cats were a common wedding gift among Vikings due to their association with the goddess of luck, Freyja. Men favored women who loved cats, believing that it increased the likelihood of a happy marriage.
m1RJY TIL that Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City is still the deadliest act of domestic terrorism.
MePwb TIL Libyan dictator Gaddafi's son, Al-Saadi Gaddafi, had a football "career". Announcers were only allowed to mention his name and the military prevented any protests. 'Recruited' into Serie A had one substitute appearance before failing a drug test. He was considered "twice as slow as slow itself."