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nWovB TIL: that the Disco Ball was invented in 1917, more than 50 years before Disco music
R7Wj9 TIL that "Boston" Corbett, John Wilkes Booth's killer, was a literal mad hatter and a self-castrated religious fanatic. He would later become convinced Booth was still alive and conspiring against him. He was finally institutionalized after holding the Kansas House of Representatives at gunpoint
oRenW TIL about Okinotorishima, a Japanese island located in the middle of the Pacific which is administered by the Tokyo Prefecture
ZpayR TIL: the term plastic explosive has nothing to do with modern plastic, it denotes explosives that can be shaped by hand, stemming from the original meaning of the word plastic, meaning something malliable/formable.
E1nYx TIL that Pope Francis hasn’t watched television in almost 30 years after he promised the Virgin Mary that he wouldn’t anymore