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TIL that Daniel Radcliffe is a recovering alcoholic and would sometimes go to set for Harry Potter still drunk from the night before.

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DQG6g TIL Michael Behenna was a US LT who stripped, assaulted, and shot to death an Iraqi prisoner he'd been ordered to return home. Despite being convicted for this premeditated murder, he was pardoned by the president in 2019.
X0QJR TIL of "The Final Experiment" - a 2024 Antarctica expedition where flat Earth YouTubers saw the 24 hour sun, which could not be explained by non-spherical models. This prompted at least one YouTuber to publicly admit they were wrong, and leave the flat Earth community.
e0nlD TIL of Silas Soule, an abolitionist who, among other accomplishments, was present at the Sandy Creek Massacre where he refused to order his men to fire. He testified at Congress against his commanding officer and was murdered soon after, likely as a result of his testimony.
B4dL TIL there is an Australian shrub known as the “Suicide Plant” that’s sting can last years and is so agonizing that people have been known to kill themselves after touching it.
N7DB8 TIL that Marie Curie was the first ever woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only one to win two of them.