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TIL that author Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom's Cabin) and Mark Twain (Huckleberry Finn) were next door neighbors.

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E1L1V TIL about Jack Churchill, who fought on D-Day with a longbow and a broadsword. He announced his presence with bagpipes.
j6poa TIL of Capgras Delusion - A psychological disorder in which a person believes that a friend, family member, or pet has been replaced by an identical imposter.
Z8WGR TIL Sir Issac Newton suffered a breakdown which included sending wild accusatory letters to John Locke that he: "endeavoured to embroil me with woemen"
w4aW [TIL] In 1986, a volcanic lake in Cameroon, Africa burped a C02 gas cloud that killed 1,746 people in minutes
4k8R TIL Suge Knight’s girlfriend who was about to testify against him disappeared and hasn’t been found since 2008. When all charges were cleared Suge Knight said “God is good, Happy Holidays”