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TIL that even though the Dalai Lama can’t swim, his greatest fear is being eaten by a shark

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neBpG TIL that despite having a PHD in statistics, Carl Gugasian, the most prolific bank robber in American history AKA the Friday Bank Robber, chose a life of crime because he feared that he would never find a job due to spending 2 years in prison as a teenager for robbing a candy store.
G61g TIL That major brain damage from alcohol can be prevented by proper nutrition and is not directly caused by alcohol itself.
QNrLL TIL Hitler so detested modern art that he ordered Goebbels to open a "degenerate art" gallery of works seized by the SA to show the German people what he was "saving" them from. The concept backfired, and Goebbels had to go to great lengths to discourage the pieces from being admired by guests.
KOZd9 TIL 70,000 years ago, a nomadic star came within 1 light-year of the Sun. And research suggests this close pass sent dozens of comets and asteroids tumbling out of the solar system.
gMn58 TIL that the Beverly Hills Hotel & Hotel Bel-Air as well as a number of high end luxury hotels are owned by sultan Hassanal Bolkiah whose country will start stoning alleged gay people and adulterers to death in a week.