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TIL the ‘Pringles Man’ has a name, and that name is “Julius”.

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x69Zw TIL that French mathematician Abraham de Moivre noticed that he slept more and more as he grew older, and predicted he would die on the day his sleep reached 24 hours. He did indeed die on that day.
VMRR0 TIL A British Royal Marine threw himself onto a grenade to save the lives of his comrades. His body armour and backpack shielded him from the blast. He was left with just a nosebleed and headache.
7dGr TIL the CIA had an operation called “Acoustic Kitty” in which they surgically implanted a bugging device into a cat, only to have it being squashed by a taxi on it’s first mission. The project was cancelled shortly after, having cost about $25M or over $185M adjusted for inflation.
16VEV TIL that Bhutan doesn't recognize China in any way, shape or form
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