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TIL Paul McCartney was arrested in 1973 for “illegal cultivation” after police found him growing cannabis on his farm in England. He claimed the seeds were from a fan and that he didn’t know what they were.

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GYeBE Today I learned about JIS-spec screws, which look an awful lot like Phillips-head screws, but the tools are not always interchangeable and can cause mechanics tremendous frustration.
X0ZXR TIL a California woman won $1.3 million in the lottery and filed for divorce 11 days later without disclosing her winnings to her husband. Two years later, he discovered the truth and sued, winning the entire amount.
ZKKp TIL the worlds largest internal combustion engine is the size of a large house. It’s a massive 100,000+ hp 14 cylinder 2,300+ ton engine for transport ships.
KYBlG TIL there's an 18-hole golf course INSIDE the Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Jakarta. It was used for Indonesia Open
AN0Bx TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte was castrated after death, and his member was purchased by an artifact collector in 1977.