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TIL of Guy Goma, who was accidentally interviewed live on BBC News as an expert while only there for an interview as an accountant

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80g4 TIL that in 1968, science fiction writer and atheist Isaac Asimov published “Asimov’s guide to the Bible”. Asimov treats the secular aspects of the Bible with intellectual instead of theological commentary.
Yr7x TIL That in 2015 93 year-old Oskar Groning was found guilty of 300,000 counts of accessory to murder for his involvement in Auschwitz and sentenced to 4 years of prison.
Wk5Nd TIL that by 2011, 10 tons of human excrement had been excavated from a cesspit beneath Herculaneum, one of the towns that was destroyed Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Due to how much time had passed since the eruption, the excrement had no unpleasant odor when it was discovered
N7j71 TIL that Fibonacci Numbers were created to model Rabbit Population.
Wkkwd TIL Nude hiking is not allowed in Appenzell, Switzerland. If caught, nude hikers can be fined for practicing "immoral habits".