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TIL Enya owns a castle and it is fortified to keep out crazed stalkers who attack the staff.

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pYRYA TIL about the Muammar Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights, which was created by the eponymous dictator to “bestow tribute upon symbolic figures of struggle and faith in the values of freedom to all humans”. The first recipient was Nelson Mandela.
rRA7w TIL that the dots in the middle of words defined in the dictionary are to indicate where they should be hyphenated if you have to drop a line
RkQ1 TIL that there is a belief that a person only needs water, air, and light to live. It is called a breatharian.
4krVR TIL that cats can have hypersomnia disorders (narcolepsy, cataplexy) just as humans do. It's harder to diagnose due to cats usual 16-20hrs/day sleep cycle, and it's as rare as in humans, but did you ever see your cat falling asleep in a middle of something?
1aANW TIL JFK's Dad, Joseph Kennedy made millions through insider trading. Years later he became the first chairman of the SEC and promptly made insider trading illegal