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TIL - The 2nd place Runner up to “MasterChef” Season 3, had a schizophrenic attack and attacked a police officer claiming himself to be God. A few months later he shot himself.

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o9ar TIL in Japanese, the Buddhist term for “refraining from saying bad words” is ‘Fuck’.
nejLY TIL that the remote Ascension Island in the Atlantic was known as a barren, desert island when it was discovered in the 1700s, but today boasts one of the world's largest artificial forests, planned by Charles Darwin and botanist Joseph Hooker in order to make the island livable.
Pjvn TIL that American soldiers reinforced the idea that their base was “protected by a force field” in Iraq and it worked and lead to less attacks.
rRgZ0 TIL the reversing falls of the St John River in New Brunswick, Canada where not only does the river change flow direction during the day due to the incoming water from the changing tides in the Bay of Fundy it also becomes still for short periods called slack tides where the flow forces are equal.
Wakd TIL: A B-17 gunner put out an ammunition fire during a battle by urinating on it - later earning a Medal of Honor