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TIL that in 2004, after not getting justice in court, 200 victims lynched their alleged rapist in the courthouse by stabbing him over 70 times, throwing rocks and chilli powder at his face and hacking off his penis. All of the women claimed responsibility for the lynching.

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EEKP TIL Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie & Emma Thompson all started their career together at Footlights student theater club while at Cambridge university. Same club also gave Simon Bird(The Inbetweeners), John Oliver(The Daily Show) & Douglas Adams(Hitchhickers guide to the galaxy)
EnEd TIL that Erwin Schrodinger came up with his famous cat thought experiment in order to illustrate how ridiculous he believed the idea to be
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X0owj TIL in 1971 a Time Dilation experiment had 2 flights w/atomic clocks go around the world to prove Einstein's theories of relativity (time moves slower as you approach the speed of light, and/or when exposed to less gravity). The clocks gained 0.15 microseconds compared to the ground based clock.