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TIL in Beijing 2012, a Ferrari crashed during sex-orgy between a naked driver and 2 women. Driver (who died) was son of Ling Jihua, Chief-of-Staff serving then Chinese President Hu Jintao. Ling reportedly denied body was his son when visiting morgue. He was eventualy sentenced to life for corruption

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LQDlQ TIL that during the 3rd Cod War between NATO allies Iceland and the UK, HMS Falmouth rammed and nearly capsized the much smaller ICGV Týr. After recovering, Týr steamed full ahead and cut the nets of a nearby trawler, infuriating the captain of the Falmouth who rammed and nearly capsized Týr again.
69MPY TIL: in Carl Sagans book "contact" the mysterious billionaire S R Hadden makes his initial wealth from creating a module called AdNix to mute sounds on ads from TV shows.
QNje TIL the hypnic jerk, or the twitching of the limbs that accompanies a falling sensation while sleeping, is caused by the brain’s misinterpretation of relaxed muscles as falling. The brain then sends signals to arm and leg muscles in an attempt to regain balance.
Bg8NW TIL A surgeon in the UK used an argon beam to brand his initials onto transplanted livers of two of his patients
MAxK TIL Mount Everest is growing by 2.5 inches per year