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Today I Learned that Little Miss Strange is a Jimmi Hendrix song.

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ep7e6 TIL, A Personal Trainer named Tom Mansfield accidentally overdosed on caffeine after he miscalculated the amount of powder he was meant to use on kitchen scales. He drank the equivalent of 200 cups of coffee in one cup.
p8ZLZ TIL broccoli was not naturally occurring, and was created by Italian farmers over 2000 years ago
X0XKQ TIL aircraft carriers have "barricades" set up - giant tennis nets essentially - to catch landing fighters that failed to hook onto the arresting cables.
ne40r TIL Buckminster Fuller would sleep 2 hrs a day by taking 30 mins naps every 6 hrs, and was able to fall asleep in 30 seconds.
RQDl TIL James Huberty called a mental health clinic, asking for an appointment. His politeness conveyed no urgency to the operator and his call was logged as a “non-crisis” inquiry, to be handled within 2 days. The next day he committed of the worst killing sprees in America.