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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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VgdQ TIL Hunter S. Thompson and Richard Nixon had a conversation about football for over an hour in Nixon’s car, after which Thompson almost accidentally blew up Nixon’s plane with a cigarette
DJLD TIL that Abraham Lincoln is the only president in U.S. history to also have been a licensed bartender.
l7Ydr TIL that incarcerated prisoners make a contraband drink in prison called "pruno" which entails fermenting fruit, sugar cubes, bread, and water in a ziplock bag a several days.
QB4M TIL ship cook Harrison Okene survived on the bottom of the ocean in an air pocket for almost three whole days before being rescued by recovery divers.
PYDJg TIL that each US banknote weighs 1 gram, no matter the denomination, so because there are 454 grams in a pound, there are always 454 bills in every pound of currency.