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TIL Hans Christian Anderson was huge fanboy of Charles Dickens & annoyed the hell out of him by overstaying his welcome as a guest

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mxdyO TIL that kale, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, and cabbage are all the same plant species, just with different pressures from artificial selection.
N7g81 TIL that the Earl Louis Mountbatten, Prince Philips's uncle, was assassinated. In 1979, an IRA assassin planted a radio controlled bomb on his personal fishing boat, killing him and several others on board.
VMYWB TIL that after the last bucardo - a wild goat species - died, scientists brought a clone to life, making the bucardo the first species to become de-extinct. The clone died after seven minutes, also making it the first species to go extinct twice.
G5NN TIL More people are killed by hammers every year than by rifles.
ep6oJ TIL that before he was an actor, Peter Dinklage was in a punk-funk-rap group called Whizzy. While playing at the famed CBGB nightclub, he was accidentally kneed in the face so hard that he started bleeding on stage and now has a scar running from his neck to his eyebrow.