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TIL that ostriches aren’t normally aggressive toward humans but can be lethal if threatened.

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epNKg TIL in 2002, actor Don Johnson was caught with $8 billion USD worth of credit notes, statements and securities on the Swiss-German border. They were later found to be assurances from film investors
KpRB TIL Isaac Newton once tried looking at the sun in a mirror, essentially blinding himself for 3 days and experiencing afterimages for months.
neVeP TIL that during the thunderous applause following his famous 'We shall fight on the beaches' speech to the to the House of Commons in 1940, Winston Churchill whispered to a colleague, "And we’ll fight them with the butt ends of broken beer bottles because that's bloody well all we've got!".
dDZGd TIL that Saddam Hussein commissioned a copy of The Holy Quran, etched in his own blood. It took 27 litres of his blood to draft the Quran.
1akxO TIL that the name of the Beast in "The Beauty and the Beast", is Adam. It's never mentioned in the movies. He's prince Adam.