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TIL that the first printed English book was printed in Bruges (Flanders, present day Belgium) in 1473

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wLXDE You'd have to click a mouse roughly 10 million times to burn 1 calorie.
N7EPQ TIL of the Byford Dolphin decompression incident, where a diver was forced through a 60cm (24 inch) opening by compressed air and violently dismembered. Additionally, it caused the "expulsion of all of the internal organs of his chest and abdomen"
BgkdD TIL in 2016 researchers observed a female orangutan enlist the help of a male to kill another female. This is the first time a female orangutan has been observed killing another female. It's "highly unusual" that the female enlisted the help of only one other individual & also one of a different sex
0llN TIL Philip Seymour Hoffman had been sober for 23 years until he accepted an alcoholic beverage to celebrate the completion of The Master. This resulted in relapse, after which he started to use prescription medication. the following year he was using heroin.
8ewa TIL that the first actor to say “Goddamn” on Broadway had to turn his back on the audience, as saying it whilst facing them would have been “too shocking”