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TIL In 2022, the President of South Sudan was filmed wetting himself in public. Some journalists who reported this ended up disappearing or being found dead.

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R7nb9 TIL that painter Claude Monet had the lens of his eyes removed after developing cataracts. After the surgery, he started painting lilies that he had previously painted white before, as blue, leading to the idea that he could have been perceiving UV light, which most normal humans cannot.
rNALW TIL Titanic's wireless operator told a nearby ship to "shut up" when warned of icebergs less than an hour before they struck an iceberg
MeYem TIL Aston Martin’s personalisation division is named "Q" after the "Q Branch" in the Bond franchise which provides equipment to field operatives of the British Secret Service.
m1lyY TIL Ancient Egyptians would put dead mice in their mouth with the hopes it would cure a toothache.
VBJ6B TIL: The most predominantly Baptist state in the world is in Nagaland, India, where 75% of the population are Baptist Christians. Mississippi is 55% Baptist, by comparison.