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TIL the massive cannons used by the Ottomans to besiege and capture Constantinople in 1453 were again bought out for a bombardment against the Royal Navy, almost 400 years later, in 1807

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YYG7 TIL that the Islamic “Assassins” stuck into Saladin’s tent and left a death threat and piece of cake on his chest as he was sleeping. He then made a peace deal.
ewXL TIL actor Werner Herzog was shot while filming an interview by an unknown individual with an air rifle. Herzog continued the interview and showed his wound on camera but acted as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened, remarking, “It is not a significant bullet.”
PYeYw TIL that Gordon Ramsay once lost to a prison cook in an onion cutting competition. Ramsay offered him a job at one of his restaurants upon his release.
p8M9p TIL that the Chicagoland Tylenol murders still remain unsolved and no one was ever charged. In 1982, 7 people were murdered via cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules; leading to industry-wide tamper-proof seals and phasing out of capsules.
dGX8 TIL that non-violent attempts to escape Mexican prisons are not punished as ‘it’s human nature to want freedom’