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TIL Martha Stewart was in a relationship with Anthony Hopkins and broke up with him after watching Silence of the Lambs, saying she was unable to avoid associating Hopkins with the character of Hannibal Lecter

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XEZbX TIL learned Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright invented the condition "drapetomania" (the urge to run away from captivity). He practised in the United States in the 1850's, and couldn't understand African slaves' desire to flee the 'paradise' of captivity. So he made up a term for it.
16XaP TIL the highest-ranking penguin in the word is Major General Sir Nils Olav III, colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard. He is the third penguin to hold this post, dating back to 1972
b99ap TIL that Ulysses S. Grant was unwittingly a participant in a Ponzi scheme. He later was humiliated when he became a victim of of the same investment scandal.
PB9V TIL that a velociraptor was about the size of a big chicken.
g58X TIL a German man broke into prison every night to visit his girlfriend