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TIL That In 1915 Sir Cecil Chubb purchased Stonehenge plus the adjoining 30 acres for approximately $10,000 ‘on a whim’ as a gift for his wife who, it’s claimed, was none too pleased.

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D1grY TIL that the US can legally invade the Netherlands to liberate anyone held by the International Criminal Court
vP5b4 TIL, in his suicide note, mass shooter Charles Whitman requested his body be autopsied because he felt something was wrong with him. The autopsy discovered that Whitman had a pecan-sized tumor pressing against his amygdala, a brain structure that regulates fear and aggression.
ANpOn TIL the Nokia 9000 Communicator was the first mobile phone with dial-up internet
AOQg TIL scientists are developing edible meat grown from stem cells, which they hope will replace meat from slaughtered livestock.
m0ov TIL, Neil Armstrong used to tell unfunny jokes about the Moon, and follow them up with “Ah, I guess you had to be there.”