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TIL at least four actors who played the Marlboro Man in ads have died of smoking-related diseases

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5YjN9 TIL in October 2017, comedian Michael Klimkowski, who bears an uncanny resemblance to televangelist Joel Osteen, was able to infiltrate an actual Joel Osteen event, posing with fooled attendees and even making it to the main stage before being found out by security.
VpeB TIL Finland’s men’s hockey team currently includes the oldest player (Teemu Selänne b.1970) and the youngest player (Aleksander Barkov, Jr. b.1995). Teemu Selänne started playing in the NHL three years before Aleksander Barkov, Jr. was born.
GeLE TIL in 1968 a man built an island off the coast of Italy and declared himself the President. He ran a restaurant, a bar, a nightclub, and a post office on the island. The Italian government didn’t like this, seized control of the island, and literally blew it up the next year.
6Evrm TIL Bob Dylan never visited Elvis because he wanted to uphold the image of "the powerful mystical Elvis that had crash-landed from a burning star onto American soil. After Elvis died he didn't speak to anyone for a week.
E1Kyp TIL in one study that took place in front of an escalator and a parallel staircase, the placement of a motivational poster that promoted using the stairs, doubled the amount of stair use. After removal of the poster, the effect gradually decreased back to zero.