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TIL man made objects are occasionally found in solid chunks of coal

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7Nkx TIL Teller from Penn & Teller has legally changed his name to just “Teller”.
awO4A TIL about Marcel Petiot, a french serial killer known as Doctor Satan. After his murders were discovered, he assumed a new identity, joined the French Resistance, and eventually wound up on the search team for himself. After his identity was discovered, he got the guillotine.
9YGxr TIL that Benedict Cumberbatch, was kidnapped together with Denise Black and a mutual friend near Lake St. Lucia in South Africa by a gang of six men. By nightfall, he managed to persuade his abductors that they could get in trouble if they harmed him or his friends. The trio was then let go.
lJAK TIL That during Spetsnaz training recruits are woken in the middle of the night and thrown into a corridor that is filled knee high with blood and organs. They then have to escape said corridor while being chased by a very angry dog.
R76g1 TIL that back on June 3rd 1980 a computer chip costing 46 cents malfunctioned and almost started World War III.