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TIL Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped by armed robbers in South Africa in 2005

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nMYo TIL that Epicurus is a renowned, Ancient Greek philosopher who believed that friends were the greatest source of everlasting pleasure to an individual. He lived on a simple diet of bread & water, focusing on rational pleasures.
PYDPZ TIL in 2009 the Large Hadron Collidor was temporally disabled by a bird dropping a chunk of baguette on an electrical substation. In 2016, the LHC was again shut down, this time by a weasel.
Z0nY TIL Scotland once tried to become a colonial power. The colony failed so spectacularly that it became a large factor in Scotland becoming part of the United Kingdom.
691Ow TIL, Ohio was the birthplace of the first people to fly in a plane, the first man on the moon, and 24 astronauts
epO4 TIL that the average male produces around 14 gallons of ejaculate in his lifetime.