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D1Rre TIL A dig in London unearthed a stylus inscribed with 'I went to Rome and all I got you was this stylus' that dates back to 70 a.d.
ANNV4 TIL that Lobsang Rampa, Tibetan Monk and bestselling author of The Third Eye, was in fact Cyril Hoskin, the son of a plumber from Devonshire. When this became known, he stated he was possessed by a Tibetan monk after he fell out of a tree in his back yard whilst tying to photograph an owl.
a8Bmb TIL Gustav III of Sweden got a letter saying he was about to be killed at the masked ball he was attending later. He dared the would-be assassins by standing in an open box at the opera house for 10 minutes. Since he didn't get shot there, he deemed it was safe to join the crowd...where he got shot
kOOoE TIL that wind-chill is not actually accurate and that it was made up by two explorers in Antarctica
dmDK TIL that one day in 1871, Canada was perfectly visible from Rochester, NY. The phenomenon was known as the Rochester Mirage