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TIL that Marie Curie is the only person to ever win Nobel prizes in two different areas of science

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9wy6G TIL that the mastermind behind the two (2002 and 2005) Bali Bombings and numerous other bombings in Indonesia within that time period was a Malaysian college professor with a PhD from the University of Reading in UK.
4XLv6 TIL shortly after George H. W. Bush vomited and fainted at a meeting with the Japanese Prime minister in 1992, a man named James Edward Smith, called CNN posing as the president's physician claiming Bush had died. CNN was within seconds of publishing the story, but stopped the anchor mid sentence.
JeDj TIL A British sailor in WWII escaped his submarine from depths of 171 feet and managed to get to the surface and survive.
YpJAv TIL of George Willig, who climbed the South Tower of World Trade Center on May 26, 1977. As his stunt was not officially scheduled, New York City wanted to fine him $250k for for "the inconvenience the stunt caused". However, the mayor of New York fined him just $1.10, one cent for every floor.
PYVAO TIL that Classical Latin, the Latin we're familiar with today, only actually existed for ~250 years.