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TIL After going on a killing spree and escaping state custody, a man released his hostage after she gave him meth and made him pancakes.

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VyEG TIL In 1720, stock speculation caused the value of shares for the South Sea Company to jump from£128 in January to £1000 in August. When the bubble burst, it financially ruined their investors. One investor, Sir Isaac Newton lost £20,000, equivalent to about £268 million in present day value.
4bEw TIL that C.S. Lewis entered a civil marriage with a woman so she could avoid deportation. Then, after she developed terminal cancer, they eventually fell in love and re-married while she was in the hospital. They were married for three years before she passed away.
GYlPE TIL Army ants can accidentally misinterpret the chemical trails left by other ants and start walking in circles. If too many members of the colony join in, it can kill the whole colony in what is sometimes known as the 'Death Spiral.' or 'Ant Milling.'
4ka8J TIL that the BBC has a Pidgin language site for news
ZWo TIL that Fred Perry, the last British Wimbledon men’s champion, also won the Table Tennis Championship, the only tennis player to ever do so.