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TIL a British Gurkha soldier Dip Prasad Pun killed 30 Taliban single-handedly in Afghanistan

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RPp9 TIL Trey Parker & Matt Stone were inspired to make ‘The Book of Mormon’ after seeing the Broadway musical 'Avenue Q’. Robert Lopez, creator of 'Avenue Q’, was inspired to make it after seeing Trey Parker & Matt Stone’s movie 'South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut’
6EGk8 TIL 90% of the world’s population lives on the northern hemisphere
ANGWd TIL after fame as the author of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and infamy due to his relationship with his step-sister, Lord Byron got historic fame in streets and carved on the Temple of Poseidon by dying in Greece as he predicted after giving £4,000 (0.5M in 2024) for Greek independence from Ottomans
ekZ4 TIL….about Richard McNair, a prisoner placed in the federal supermax facility in Colorado because he had previously escaped 3 times, including when he successfully mailed himself out of jail in a package.
ZE8a TIL that in the ‘90s a batch of pencils by the Bureau for At-Risk-Youth with the slogan “Too Cool To Do Drugs” were recalled for saying “Cool to Do Drugs” and “Do Drugs” as they were sharpened.