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TIL of Nicholas Alahverdian, a criminal who after committing various crimes became an incel leader, claimed to be the victim of libel, disappeared for 4 years, faked lymphoma and then his death, then eventually moved to Scotland and faked being a professor. He was arrested in the hospital with covid

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kX6E TIL English writer Charles Foster and his eight year old son lived like badgers in a hole in the ground for several weeks. They ate worms and grasshoppers, and travelled by crawling on their stomachs.
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4X6Go TIL in computing, half of a byte is called a nibble
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