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TIL Henry Cavil’s nephew, Thomas, was thought to be lying in class when he said during family day his uncle was Superman

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8xZ4 TIL that in 1956, for a bet, while drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.
N7m0P TIL that it was once common for people to sleep in segments (1st sleep & 2nd sleep) with a period of wakefulness in between. People used the time between sleeps to do things such as read, use the toilet, pray, smoke tobacco, have sex, etc.
p85gQ TIL When the exiled King Leopold III of Belgium passed close to the North Sentinel island, he was vehemently warned off with arrows by the Sentinelese
koxe TIL night vision is always green because the human eye can see more shades of green greater than any other colour.
woja1 TIL The Nissan Skyline GT-R R32 was called Obakemono (a shape shifting monster) in Japan and Godzilla-on-wheels in Australia.