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TIL that bedtime procrastination is when you stay awake longer than you desire because you feel less in control during daytime

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xkjb TIL in ancient China, an enemy held the Emperor’s father hostage, threatening to boil him alive … his response was “Send me a cup of the soup.”
6EWWZ TIL Mohammed Salameh, rented a van that he exploded in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He then tried 3 times to get his deposit back on the van. This led to his arrest.
ANw1d TIL that in 1563, Johann Weyer argued against Witch hunts and instead that the accused should be treated as having a mental illness.
LkMD9 TIL: Considered one of the "most valuable" atomic spies - Klaus Fuchs worked on the Manhattan Project, and then provided intelligence first to the British (illegally in 1946), then to the Soviets (1947), and finally to the Chinese (1959). All three of these countries eventually obtained nukes.
VMWB0 TIL 15% (5.2 million acres) of land in England is unregistered. It has never been registered since the land hadn't been sold since before land registration became compulsory. Much of the land is owned by the Crown, the aristocracy, and the church.