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TIL In 2009, Stephen Hawking threw a party at the University of Cambridge, complete with balloons, hors d'oeuvres and iced champagne. Just as expected, nobody showed up because he only sent out invitations after his party was over. It was, he said, "a welcome reception for future time travelers,".

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E1lEo TIL the Vatican City drinks more wine per person than anywhere else in the world. Its residents consume an average of 74 litres (105 bottles) over the course of a year. About double the amount drunk by the average person in France or Italy, and triple the quantity consumed in the UK.
JYMK8 TIL Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, devised a WWII plan to plant false info about the Allies’ next attack on a dead man, drift him at sea, and hope he’d be found by Nazi sympathizers. Operation Mincemeat worked, turning the tide for the Allies, who stormed Italy while the Nazis defended Greece.
wooRY TIL The First “Urinal Target” Was Invented in the early 1970s by Joel Kreiss, a 33-year-old Dentist Who Had the Idea While Potty Training His Son
woVwM TIL Dr. Strange was given a mask early in his history to try and increase his popularity by making him a more standard super hero
699K7 TIL in 2009, artist Jess Dobkin performed “It’s Not Easy Being Green” while dressed as Kermit the Frog, and getting fisted by someone dressed as Jim Henson