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TIL of St Oran, a druid who was buried alive. When dug up later, he declared there was neither heaven nor hell in the afterlife, so he was buried again.

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m5ny TIL that the Mars One project is seeking to colonize Mars by 2023. The astronaut/colonists will spend the rest of their lives on the red planet.
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9wK6m TIL that there is an urban legend that the British Board of Film Classification would reject any film which contained a penis which looked more erect than the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland