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TIL The CIA have released all their documents on UFOs

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0pYR TIL as an April Fool’s Day prank, Sports Illustrated fooled the NY Mets’ fan base by successfully convincing them the team had signed Sidd Finch, a pitching phenom who could throw the ball 168 mph. He learned the “art of the pitch” in a Tibetan monastery, under the “great poet-saint Lama Milaraspa.”
O8ER TIL Oregon is the only state in the U.S. that has a two-sided flag.
QdQE TIL Sharon Stone, for many years, maintained that she had an IQ of 148 and was a member of Mensa. She admitted in 2002 that she was not, and had never been, a member of Mensa.
j6rrE TIL that the New York City Subway has the most stops of any metro system in the world.
78Lxr TIL that Helium is the only element that is not a metal with the -ium suffix and it’s because Helium was named before -ium was used to indicate metals.