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TIL Conan O'Brien's stalker was a Boston Priest that would send him letters on church stationary signed "your stalker priest."

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RXQ8 TIL in 2016 12% of the entire population of Iceland traveled to France to cheer on their football (soccer) team during the Euro Championships
1aAvW TIL of the “weepy voiced killer” - a serial killer who would call police after his murders & cried down the end of the line about what he had done. He was caught when a woman he stabbed 15 timed escaped by smashing him over the face with a bottle.
1a4pX TIL Japan's first prime minister, Ito Hirobumi- who was a great proponent of learning from/building ties with the West- ironically began his political career as the young samurai who burnt the British Legation in Tokyo in 1863. That same year, Japanese modernizers sent Ito to study in the London.
Z89OQ TIL that the neutron star 'PSR J1748-2446ad' rotates on its axis 716 times per second, and is the fastest spinning known neutron star. At its equator, it spins at 24 percent of the speed of light.
P1JPw TIL of The Niagara Escarpment. The escarpment is the cliff over which the Niagara River plunges at Niagara Falls, for which it is named.