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TIL That Steven Hawking once held a party for time travelers, but sent the invitation out after the party ended.

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RmRQ TIL that a pilot survived after spending 15 minutes outside the plane when he was sucked out of the cockpit due to the windshield falling off with only two stewards holding onto his legs. The co-pilot managed to safely land the plane.
kOaRW TIL Upon his death in 1790, Benjamin Franklin willed Philadelphia and Boston over $4,000 each with the stipulation it could not be spent for two centuries -- it then grew to millions of dollars.
l9Ra TIL Stephen Hawking is quoted as having said “people who boast about their I.Q. are losers.”
v1kDR TIL Vincent Van Gogh moved back into his parents’ house at 30. He was unaccomplished, distracted by prostitutes, and thought he was hot shit.
R7Q71 TIL about the Alnwick Garden which is a deadly attraction which houses over 100 plant species of varying degrees of toxicity