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TIL that Napoleon once gave an ornately decorated tiara (a crown) to the pope with 3345 precious jewels inlaid into it. This was actually intended to be an insult, as the tiara weighed 18 pounds and was too small to fit on a human head.

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WkG1A TIL Sir Isaac Newton repeatedly did experiments sticking a bodkin (a very sharp needle) between his eyeball and his eye socket, “as neare to backside of my eye as I could”,he was quoted. He did this til he saw spots. He did it because he hoped he might learn something about color.
rRM8M TIL that there is a bird called bittern that defends itself by mimicking a stick!
e8ln TIL contacts in Microsoft Outlook without profile pictures instead use a silhouette of Bill Gates’ mug shot
6EdVW TIL about the Yellow Fleet, a group of 15 boats trapped in the Suez Canal due to the Six Day War. The multinational crew formed a lawless entity for 8 years and even had recognized postal stamps.
gMwY7 TIL there’s a game called Liar’s Poker, in which players cheat to win.