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TIL in 1806 the fattest man in the world fought a bear in the streets of Leicester.

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KOl0R TIL that Burmese pythons have overrun the Florida Everglades partly as a result of Hurricane Andrew destroying a breeding facility in 1992, which released hundreds of snakes.
l79YA TIL Adelle Hugo, Victor Hugo's daughter, developed schizophrenia in her mid 20's, she became obsessed with a soldier she had initialy rejected and left her home in Jersey to stalk him across all his millitary deployments in Ireland, Canada and finally the Island of Barbados
lo5Qa TIL Bayard Rustin was told to move to the back of a bus, but stopped when a white child reached out to grab his tie, before being scolded by its mom. He thought, “I owe it to that child, that it should be educated to know that blacks do not want to sit in the back”. He was then arrested and beaten.
J17Zl TIL James Bradley calculated the speed of light with a 0.4% error margin in 1729
ZoZv TIL there is no verification that the president is sane or the order lawful when nuclear launch orders are issued.