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TIL that following Zimbabwe's narrow win over Pakistan in 2022 ICC T20 Cricket World Cup, Zimbabwean fans reminded Pakistan of having sent comedian Asif Muhammad, a doppelganger of Mr. Bean, in 2016. Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa also asked Pakistan to send the real "Mr Bean" to Zimbabwe.

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nZJW TIL when a Pacific tribe watched the US military perform drills to prepare for supply planes, the tribe believed it to be a religious ritual and built their own runways, coconut headphones, wooden radio towers, and marched around like the soldiers, in hopes of having a plane drop supplies off.
0dWpN TIL that Student Syndrome refers to planned procrastination, when, for example, a student will only start to apply themselves to an assignment at the last possible moment before its deadline. According to an academic source, this induces a level of urgency high enough to ensure the task is completed
BrjEx TIL that the Exeter Book, written in the 10th century and commonly seen as a building block of English literature, has been used as both a cutting board and a coaster; the opening pages have deep knife marks, and several folios of the book are stained with a circular ring
oZ5K TIL a man won the lottery in 1989 for 3.1 million, then spent all the money on crack cocaine, and was later charged with murder. [x-post /r/IfIWonThelottery]
W70ZB TIL A chess robot in Moscow broke the finger of its 7-year-old human opponent after the boy made a quick move without waiting for the robot to complete its turn.