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TIL a Colorado man built an armored bulldozer and went on a citywide rampage of revenge, destroying $7M in property before committing suicide from inside the tank.

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w7p6 TIL that the Pitcairn Islands, a British Overseas Territory with a population of 56, has legalised same-sex marriage, despite not having a single same-sex couple on the island.
6976J TIL that somebody won a Nobel prize by treating late stage syphilis with malaria-infected blood
W7VAN TIL that , "Wet" by Snoop Dogg was specifically recorded for Prince William of Wales
8OMG TIL that on his way to Egypt, Napoleon conquered Malta where he spent 6 days. During these days he abolished the nobility, freed the slaves, granted freedom of speech, gave Jews religious freedom, abolished the inquisition and introduced scientific subjects to the University of Malta
oRrRr TIL according to Pliny, Roman Emperor Tiberius once became so enamored by the sculpture "Apoxyomenos" that he took the sculpture out of the public baths of Agrippa and into his own private bedroom. After public uproar, he placed it back into the baths out of shame.