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TIL the inventor of the computer, Charles Babbage, once baked himself in an oven at 265⁰F for 4 minutes just to see what would happen. He followed this up by asking to be lowered in to Mount Vesuvius.

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XEZbX TIL learned Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright invented the condition "drapetomania" (the urge to run away from captivity). He practised in the United States in the 1850's, and couldn't understand African slaves' desire to flee the 'paradise' of captivity. So he made up a term for it.
8a05Z TIL that there is a method of teaching in Buddhism called 'wrathful teaching' wherein the teacher deliberately provokes anger, confusion, and other negative emotions in students for the purpose of their spiritual advancement
QJylX TIL of a man in south India who upon realizing that his wife use a rag during her periods made a cheap easy-to-use affordable machine to produce sanitary pads.
NM0E TIL Pablo Escobar had more illegal money than they could deposit in the banks, storing it in warehouses he annually wrote off 10% as ‘spoilage’ when rats crept in at night and nibbled on the hundred dollar bills
xQx0 TIL in 2008 a drunk guy faced battery charges after he was accused of farting and fanning the odorous gas toward a police officer.