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TIL The largest private library in France belongs to anti-liberalism philosopher Alain de Benoist.

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wL1ko TIL that the The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog from Monty Python and the Holy Grail comes from a long history of murderous Medieval bunnies
5YwXQ TIL that it’s illegal to wear camouflage in: Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Zambia or Zimbabwe. You probably won’t end up in jail, but you can expect to part ways with all your camouflage gear.
9YZDQ TIL Brian May, the lead guitarist for Queen and astrophysicist, dislikes smoking so much that he prohibited smoking indoors at concerts before smoking bans became the norm. The dislike for smoking was due to his father’s heavy cigarette use.
e0dQ6 TIL that after his footage of Joe Exotic burned in an obvious arson attack, Rick Kirkham returned home to Dallas, Texas, where a mere six months later his house burned down, killing his dog.
aw7Dy TIL that each commercial airplane in the U.S. is struck by lightning more than once every year on average.