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TIL Enterprising Kenyans pretended to be Somali pirates and gave fake interviews to foreign journalists for cash

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jNMdE TIL of Albert Stevens, a house painter that was unwittingly injected with plutonium and survived the highest known dose of radiation in any human
Jgoj TIL that Buzz Aldrin once punched a moon landing conspiracy theorist in the face. The charges were dismissed, saying that he was provoked.
OOM7 TIL shortly after a woman made up a fake Facebook profile to speak with her troubled 19yo niece, the niece asked the fictional boy to murder her Aunt, her Aunt’s fiance, her cousin, and the family dog
5dr TIL Statistically speaking, 600,000 other people are pressing the space bar at the exact same time you are
e0EWk TIL John Adams' Inaugural address, which totaled 2,308 words, contained the longest sentence ever, at 737 words.