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TIL in 2014, a stalker trespassed on Keanu Reeves' home. Keanu calmly talked to the stalker and called the police, who arrived and arrested her. Three days later, a second stalker made her way into his home, took a shower in his bathroom and swam naked in his pool.

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69Q6J TIL that British General Bernard Montgomery was asked for his advice on The US War in Vietnam. He said that the US had no coherent strategy and no central oversight. He then asked Moshe Dayan to tell the American military authorities, that he thought they were crazy.
dOrj TIL that the acoustic era (1877 to 1925) gave rise to the expression “put a sock in it”, which commemorates the common practice of placing a sock in the horn of the phonograph to muffle the sound for quieter listening.
YpJXB TIL of the "Babushkas of Chernobyl", Ukraine - women who survived the Holodomor famine and have returned to live in Chernobyl's radioactive Exclusion Zone.
nWaEP TIL about Wood’s Metal. Because it melts at low temperatures, it was used to make joke spoons that would melt in hot soup. It is also highly toxic.
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