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TIL Australian cricketer David Boon once drank 52 cans of beer on a flight to England.

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4k4Q5 TIL that Nader shah, the emperor of Persia, invaded India in 1738 and sacked Delhi. The Mughal emperor was forced to give up the royal treasury and the Peacock Throne to him and a fine of 20 million rupees was levied against Delhi. Nader shah then stoped taxation in Persia for three years.
KOVRw TIL Vincent van Gogh's painting "Café Terrace at Night" was a rendition of Leonardo da Vinci’s "The Last Supper." The cafe has 12 patrons with 1 tall waiter next to a cross. At that time, van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo that he had a "tremendous need for, shall I say the word—for religion."
XEoVE TIL That in The Great Gatsby, Gatsby gave himself the name "Jay" because he believed it sounded upper-class and sophisticated, while in reality, the term "jay" was used as an insult during the early 1900s (when the novel took place) to describe an ignorant or inexperienced person.
GO65 TIL the CNN “Technology Specialist” who speculated that “the hacker known as ‘4Chan’” was “a systems administrator who knew his way around and how to hack things” is now a radio anchor and technology contributor for Fox News.
P58J TIL a man, instructed by the “holy spirit”, spent 32 days answering more than 500 calls at the Mojave Phone Booth, located 8 miles from the nearest paved road and 15 from the nearest numbered highway. These calls included several from someone who ID themselves as “Sergeant Zeno from the Pentagon”