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TIL that in 2003, a 14-year-old boy in Manchester, England, created fake online personas to manipulate his friend into attempting to murder him, resulting in the UK's first conviction for inciting your own murder.

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bWGQ TIL the Spartans used cumbersome, impractical iron sticks as currency “so as to discourage the pursuit of wealth”
j6Vv TIL Globs of white blood cells rained down upon a town in washinton causing residents to fall ill.
awoeb TIL In 2019, Roderick Sewell became the first-ever above-the-knee double-amputee to complete the grueling Ironman World Championship on prosthetic legs. The race included him completing a 112 mile bike ride he completed by pedaling a recumbent bike with his arms.
mBEE TIL that in 1958, United States Air Force lost a 7,600-pound (3,400 kg) Mark 15 nuclear bomb in the waters off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia, United States. It has never been recovered.
x6lD5 TIL about the strangeness of Puritan names. For instance, Kill-sin Pimple did jury service in the 1650s. There was also Fear-not Helly, born in 1589, and Praise-God Barebone, who was the relative of Fear-God Barebone. And there are Humiliation Hynde, NoMerit Vynall, and Sorry-for-sin Coupard.