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oPAo TIL that Grant Imahara from the Mythbusters is one of the few people in the world to operate R2D2
XoMP TIL Woody Harrelson’s dad was a contract killer who was thought to be involved in JFK’s assassination
1apG8 TIL that one of the attractions at the 1939 New York World’s Fair was a colony of topless sunbathing women.
X0poj TIL: Peter Pan's Captain Hook canonically went to Famous English Public School, Eton.
9Y4wG TIL of the thousand day ordeal of the Marathon Monks of Japan. They run daily marathons for hundreds of days, endure 7.5 days with no food, water, or sleep, and chant 100,000 mantras in front of a scorching fire. They carry a rope and a dagger with which to commit suicide if they fail.