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TIL actor Benedict Cumberbatch once stopped his Uber near Baker Street when he saw a cyclist being attacked by four men trying to steal his bike. He jumped out, physically pulled the assailants off the cyclist, and shouted at them until they fled. The cyclist was unharmed.

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Vde4 TIL that until 2006 Russian Cosmonauts carried weapons into space. This included a pistol, shotgun, and machete. The purpose of these weapons was to defend the Cosmonauts from wolves, bears and other wildlife after their return trip to the Siberian wilderness
5VoN9 TIL that there is only one man in recorded history to have had both dwarfism and gigantism (Adam Rainer). He went from 122.55 cm (4 foot 0.25 inches) at 18 years old to 234 cm (7 foot 8 inches) at 51 years old, which was how old he was when he died.
7BBp TIL The oldest cat to ever live was named Creme Puff and lived 38 years. Creme Puff’s owner had a second cat named Granpa, who lived 34 years. Both cats were fed a diet of bacon and eggs, asparagus, broccoli, and coffee with heavy cream.
oRgX8 TIL that wind and solar are the fastest growing electricity sources in history.
px9p TIL there is an ongoing genocide in the country of Burma in which 140,000 native Rohingya people are stripped of citizenship and forced into concentration camps