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TIL the FBI caught one of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers after he returned to the Ryder from which he rented the truck used to carry the bomb, wanting the $400 deposit back because his truck was "stolen".

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X0rVR TIL: Young children make 'scale errors' where they genuinely try to use an object that is inappropriately sized. Such as trying to sit and slide down a toy slide. And it's inversely related to pretend play
woK0W TIL "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps" is an example of an impossible task. The idiom dates at least to 1834, from the Workingman's Advocate: "It is conjectured that Mr. Murphee will now be enabled to hand himself over the Cumberland river or a barn yard fence by the straps of his boots.
Rdll TIL that there’s an actual medical diagnosis, Misophonia, for why people hate hearing other people breathe or eat
bdG0 TIL Actor Jon Bernthal took a long vow of silence, to prepare for his role as a mute in the movie ‘Pilgrimage’ which allowed him to discover some important lessons about human nature. “I learned how much time people spend talking and they’re not really saying anything, they’re just passing time.”
X05Ek Til A man with delusions of being the president had became leader of Estonia. He then went about banning all political parties, illegally postponing elections since the public was “Sick-minded”, while replacing the congress with the chamber of commerce. He would later die in a mental hospital.