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TIL that the official date for Opposite Day is the 25th of January.

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ANgAo TIL in 2009 an American tourist was almost left behind by his transcontinental Australian train. He clung to the outside for two hours and 124 miles in only a t-shirt and jeans while the temperature dropped below freezing.
7rGnb TIL that as a child, actor Michael Berryman would be teased because of his appearance (he was born with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails or teeth). He would "go to the parents and say your children are brats and tell them they were bad parents".
OG5kL TIL Julius Caesar was believed to have almost superhuman multitasking skills, and was effective at reading, writing and dictating (or listening) simultaneously.
QRP6 TIL the actress who played Newt in Aliens never acted again after that movie. She turned down the Hollywood life and became an elementary school teacher instead
vPyjx TIL of Inalchuq, a governor of the Khwarezmian Empire who appropriated and slaughtered a Mongolian Caravan in 1218, and sold its goods. Protected and supported by his Sultan, his actions would lead to the subjugation and near-genocide of his entire empire and people.