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TIL of the Footballer Lee Todd, who holds the record for the fastest red card in English football; 2 seconds. Lee was startled by the opening whistle and remarked "Fuck me, that was loud" and was sent off.

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JBaB TIL Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was the first person to announce the death of Osama bin laden via Twitter.
5RZR TIL The coastline of Japan is one of the longest in the world, outranking that of Australia and the US. (Japan - 18,486 mi., Australia - 16,006 mi., US - 12,380 mi.)
x6Dlo TIL that is is possible for the tube that goes in the nose for tube feeding to accidentally ENTER THE BRAIN instead of the stomach, and pile up in the skull, killing the patient.
mooE TIL that in 2013 a Georgia man was arrested for plugging his car in at a school for 20 minutes and “stealing” 5 cents worth of electricity. He wasn’t the first electric-car owner to be so charged.
QNN9 TIL that if sprinters move within 0.1 seconds of the firing of the gun, it’s still considered a false start, because it’s impossible for humans to react that quickly.