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TIL there is an inmate in Britain who has single handedly shut down an entire prison facility, does up to 3,000 press ups a day as part of his daily workout, has bent cellar bars with his bare hands, and has arguably the gnarliest moustache I’ve seen.

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16OZ7 TIL Knabenschiessen is a shooting competition that has been held in Zurich since the 17th century and takes place on the second weekend in September. It is open to 13 to 17-year-olds and has been gender-neutral since 1991. Shooting takes place with the SIG SG 550 rifle on the Albisgütli.
D1bEp TIL that The Simpsons character Hans Moleman being born in 1921 turned 100 years old this year.
AaRn TIL During the Napoleonic wars, a monkey was hanged in England because all the Englishmen knew of the Frenchmen was that they were “short, hairy and spoke another language” and took the monkey to be a French sailor.
looj7 TIL that a plane crashed in 1972, killing 101 people, because the crew was distracted by a single burnt out lightbulb
1Qm4 TIL that long before 1984 and Brave New World, there was a Soviet totalitarian dystopian novel. It was the first work of art banned by the Soviet censorship bureau and was almost completely forgotten as a result. It is also a very go and quick read.