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TIL Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, started wrestling crocodiles at 9 years old to keep local boat ramps safe

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GAmR5 TIL When Maximilien Robespierre was elected to the Committee of Public Safety, it was to fill a vacancy left by a member who had fallen ill
QJmL9 TIL Taffy Nivert and Bill Danoff, two of the lead singers for Starland Vocal Band (Afternoon Delight), were writing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and planned to sell it to Johnny Cash, but during a tour with John Denver the three finished the song, which became Denver's signature hit.
QNjme TIL that Andy Warhol, often associated with the avant-garde, was a deeply religious Byzantine Catholic who attended church almost every day. His brother described him as “really religious,” and Warhol even supported his nephew’s priesthood studies in secret.
0weVR TIL spiral staircases in medieval castles were deliberately made clockwise because it diminished the ability of attackers to properly swing their swords, since right-handed fighters would have had to to contend with the walls while making their striking motions.
JYryV TIL former Australian PM Alfred Deakin had quite a scraggly beard as a young man but it grew into something... much more impressive