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TIL: A mysterious man placed dozens of tiles on roads all over the Northeastern US and even South America over a period of 20 years. They contain the boggling message: “TOYNBEE IDEA IN MOViE’ 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPITER.”

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5Qwk TIL Steven Seagal thought nobody could choke him out, and didn’t respect grappling. So Gene leBell (now 80, the man who taught Bruce Lee grappling), choked him completely unconscious, causing Seagal to soil his pants.
nPKP TIL that a parrot named Echo was put into witness protection after testifying against its owner leading to their arrest
vPYA4 TIL that there is a tradition in the U.S. Navy that no submarine is ever lost. Those that go to sea and do not return are considered to be “still on patrol.”
j6wlM TIL Rajinikanth was not South-Indian; he was Marathi.
b9XXp TIL that the death of Sherlock Holmes almost destroyed the magazine that had originally published the stories. When Arthur Conan Doyle killed him off in 1893, 20,000 people cancelled their subscriptions. The magazine barely survived. Its staff referred to Holmes’ death as “the dreadful event”.