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TIL that Second Breakfast and Elevenses are actual things and not just fictional creations of J. R. R. Tolkien.

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aw6VZ TIL in 2014, a stalker trespassed on Keanu Reeves' home. Keanu calmly talked to the stalker and called the police, who arrived and arrested her. Three days later, a second stalker made her way into his home, took a shower in his bathroom and swam naked in his pool.
GxBj TIL that 63% of registered American voters believe in at least one political conspiracy theory
oNL8 TIL during whaling times, a pod of orcas in Southern Australia would notify whalers of the presence of baleen whales, and assist in the kill in return for the lips and tongue.
yQ78a TIL, authors will write themselves into their own stories for various purposes. Stephen King wrote himself into the Dark Tower series after a near-fatal accident. (Stephen King in the book also suffers the same accident)
R5jy6 TIL that only 13% of Singaporeans speak their National Language at home