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TIL a 17 year-old online serial scammer was killed when one of his victims mailed him a pipe bomb.

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VBGlB TIL the actor/comedian Sinbad was one of the top ten worst tax debtors to the state of California in 2009, owing up to $2.5 million in income tax to the state
GEM1 TIL the winner of the marathon at the first modern Olympics (1896) stopped for a glass of wine at a local inn along the route
ep845 TIL Swiss presidents are elected for a term length of only 1 year(Unlimited non-consecutive one-year terms). With the first day in office being 1st of January and the last day of office being 31st of December of that year.
QJYo6 TIL Tchaikovsky hated to conduct by his own admission. He became obsessed with the fear that his head was going to fall off while he conducted. In 1868, when Tchaikovsky conducted his own Dances of the Hay Maidens, he held his head in place with his left hand while he conducted with his right.
wLrA7 Today i learned that the first 3d printer was created 40 years ago in 1980