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TIL you can count from zero to nine hundred ninety-nine without ever having to use the letter “a”

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04mN TIL mayhem is the crime of intentionally maiming someone. Originally it was specifically removing a body part so that the person could not defend himself in combat.
dDxRE TIL that America's top flying ace in WWII, who shot down 40 Japanese aircraft and won the Medal of Honor--was named "Dick Bong"
0AQ1 TIL that students are paid $1500 a month to study in the most prestigious engineering school in France : École Polytechnique
VMgoD TIL that Archimedes estimated the value of pi with a polygon in a circle in a polygon. He made the diameter of the circle 1, so the circumference was pi. With the circle's diameter, he found the perimeters of the polygons. Therefore, the value of pi (the circle's circumference) is in between them.
ne7Rr TIL that Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped at gunpoint in South Africa. He talked his way out of being killed and said "It taught me that you come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary”