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TIL that the Malaysian “Assassin Bug” not only kills and eats its victims, but also wears its victims corpses on its body as part of its suit of armor.

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BrOmd TIL that an eyewitness to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theatre appeared on a nationally televised game show with Lucile Ball.
6EdRJ TIL that in 1932 Britain turned down a request from the then impoverished Saudis for a loan of £500,000 to search for oil in the kingdom
LklBd TIL Winston Churchill once said that one of life's four essentials was cold champagne and so he drank over 42,000 bottles of champagne during his lifetime(about two bottles a day). The other three essentials were hot baths, new peas and old brandy
49ga TIL The first color broadcast was in 1958 when a TV presenter pushed a button to change black and white into color for President Eisenhower’s speech
b9QQp TIL The novel "The English Patient" by Michael Ondaatje won the Booker Prize in 1992, and then won the Golden Booker Award (a special one-off prize awarded in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Booker Prize) 26 years later, in 2018.