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TIL the 1991 Grand Sumo Tournament in London was the first official sumo wrestling tournament ever to be organized outside Japan in the 1500 years of existence of the sport

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6EjnZ TIL Owen Wilson attempted suicide in 2007 causing him to drop out from his role in the movie Tropic Thunder.
a8xOA TIL the owner and operator of the silk road was arrested at the San Francisco public Library when two fbi agents pretended to be quarreling lovers to distract him while his laptop was open. This was to prevent any deletion of data.
LE00 TIL a week before the Iraq War began, Tim Russert reported “every analysis said this war itself would cost about $80 billion […] We should expect that this would cost at least $100 billion for a two-year involvement.” Brown University’s final tally was $3.2-4 trillion, or about 3500% more.
GYXOg TIL the bomber cockpit in Dr. Strangelove was based on a B-29 cockpit because the real B-52 bombers were off limit to the film crew. It turned out to be so accurate that Stanley Kubrick feared that his research team had done their job illegally and that they're about to be investigated by the FBI.
b9ZR7 TIL ducklings indicate signs of abstract thinking. Ducklings demonstrated the ability to think abstractly within hours of being hatched, distinguishing the concepts of “same” and “different” with success.