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TIL Roald Dahl was given a ‘viking funeral’ and was buried with his snooker cues, some very good burgundy, chocolates, HB pencils and a power saw.

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9Yaam TIL Metallica played a show in Antarctica for 120 scientists and contest winners. In doing so, they became the only band on earth to play on all seven continents.
OG6p6 TIL that 'Off the Derech' is an expression used to describe a departure from a Jewish lifestyle. A 2013 survey on American Jews found that 52% of Jewish adults who were raised Orthodox, were no longer Orthodox.
wKZY TIL Mike Tyson caught his wife cheating on him with Brad Pitt, in a car he paid for. “You should have seen the look on that pretty boys face when he got out of the car” - Tyson.
WoOL TIL that an Alabama man passed out drunk and was raped by a woman while he was unconscious. She became pregnant, and he was required to pay child support to his rapist.
GPgJ TIL they detected a particle whizzing about at 0.999 999 999 999 999 999 999 9951 times the speed of light - with energy 20 MILLION times more than the highest energy measured in radiation emitted by an extragalactic object! They call this the “Oh-My-God Particle”.