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TIL of John O’Niell who followed Osama Bin Laden while at the FBI said “we’re due for something big” the night before dying in the World Trade Center on Sept 11, 2001, where he worked as the head of security since Aug 2001.

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grrRW TIL cats can get pregnant by multiple fathers simultaneously. This is how kittens from the same litter can look so different.
yQ7yV TIL in the original story of Peter Pan, the Lost Boys do age, even in Neverland. The reason the group is always made up of children is because if they don't die by other means (which is common), Peter "thins them out." The author never clarifies whether this means they're executed or banished.
d4a8 TIL that during Christmas 2000/New Year’s Eve 2001, Czech TV suffered a bizarre crisis that, among other things, left the public channel off the air for 2 days.
WkgjL TIL of Nick Leeson, a broker who single-handedly bankrupted the UK's oldest merchant bank after losing almost £850 million on the stock market.
8epLa TIL that of the two 1988 films starring Tom Cruise, one of them (Rain Man) won the Oscar for Best Picture, while the other (Cocktail) won the Razzie for Worst Picture. Cruise remains the only actor to achieve both distinctions in the same year.