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TIL Murakami when writing a novel gets up at 4am writes for 6 hrs then runs 10k or swims 1500m (or both) then sleeps by 9pm because repetition is a form of mesmerism to reach a deeper state of mind

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PYyEw TIL in 2013 nine episodes of Doctor Who that had been considered lost for years were found at a TV station in Nigeria, including "The Web of Fear," in which Patrick Troughton's Doctor fights a robot yeti in the London Underground.
QNJWL TIL in 1896, American taxidermist Carl Akeley was attacked by a leopard while on a visit to Africa and killed it with his bare hands by ramming his hand down the leopard's throat and choking it to death.
9BOQ TIL anyone aged 16 or older can use the Library of Congress
ANk5B TIL Shaquille O'Neal is also a DJ under the name 'DJ Diesel', he got into the dance music scene in 2014-2015
JwvQ TIL that the Scumbag Girlfriend is a hooker in germany (don’t ask how I found out)