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TIL I am a superhuman because I don't molest kids.

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YmRZ TIL Hitchcock tried to buy every copy of the book Psycho so no one would know how it ended
x64mw TIL in 2012 an 11-yr-old boy disappeared while shopping with his mom & then made his way to an airport. After he passed 5 security checks without a passport or boarding pass by tagging along with a family, he was able to board a flight from Manchester to Rome alone. He was discovered after takeoff.
wo5EM TIL: In Australia there are 'Firehawks', which are birds that intentionally set forest fires as a hunting technique
xpmB TIL a polio victim was kept alive in a metal tube for nearly 60 years only to die when a power outage shut her iron lung down.
ANwr7 TIL that nothing happened in the world from 4th - 15th October 1582, because those dates don't exist. When the Gregorian Calendar was introduced, it was agreed to advance the calendar 10 days to compensate for the drift from the equinoxes, as the Julian Calendar was inaccurate by 0.0025 days.