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TIL that, in 2009, the Large Hadron Collider was turned off for a short period of time because a piece of baguette was found in the machinery.

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96jX TIL it’s said that when Napoleon claimed to have the power to destroy the Catholic Church, a cardinal responded, “Your majesty, we, the Catholic clergy, have done our best to destroy the church for the last 1,800 years. We have not succeeded, and neither will you.”
grKZA TIL a person landed plane in New York streets twice to have a drink
WMR9 TIL cellphones are 10 times dirtier than toilet seats
xVxAo TIL Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, said the only animal he was uncomfortable working around were parrots
xVlmb TIL a Maine citizen once randomly decided to become a hermit and stayed as one for over 27 years. He committed up to a thousand minor burglaries and he became so prolific that people started leaving shopping lists for him to write down what he wanted.