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TIL in 2009 the rapper Coolio attempted to stage dive, but nobody in the crowd caught him. Instead, they beat him up and stole his shoes and jewellery.

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ADEWg TIL that scientists tried — and failed — to make a knife out of frozen poop, debunking a story that an Inuit (Eskimo) man fashioned a knife out of his own frozen feces.
7yv7 TIL: The oldest recorded cat was 38 years old. The previous record holder was 34 and owned by the same man.
Eg6Yp TIL that Phillipines is the only country in the world where getting a divorce is illegal
QJBM TIL that Karen Carpenter died on the same day that her divorce was supposed to be finalized. At her funeral her husband took off his wedding ring and threw it into her casket.
epMMD TIL In the 1990's, the British Police tried to ban the Lotus Carlton and the government condemned advertising of the vehicle. It could reach 176mph and Police vehicles at the time could not keep up during a pursuit.