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781Ap TIL that in 1671 a man attempted to steal the Crown Jewels, and when he was caught he was brought before King Charles II, who found him so amusing that not only did her pardon the man, but he also ended up giving him massive lands in Ireland and a pension of £500 a year (£92,000 today)
g48L TIL: “Teardrop” by Massive Attack was chosen to be the opening sequence of House because the song roughly mimics the sound of a beating human heart.
grnXA TIL that Brooklyn New York has a bigger Jewish population than Jerusalem. 1 out of every 4 people in Brooklyn is Jewish and it has been called "the most Jewish spot on Earth".
6E4M8 TIL natural nuclear fission reactors were discovered in Gabon, Africa. They operated for a few hundred thousand years and generated an average of 100kW of power.
X0Kj TIL That during the Mohammed Cartoon controversy in 2005, Iran threatened to start an International Holocaust Cartoon competition.