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TIL wealthy Chinese criminals occasionally hire look-a-likes to serve their prison sentence

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RaVw TIL that at the 1988 magic championships a magician was disqualified because his performance was so astounding the other magician judges thought he must be cheating. He performed the same act three years later, (letting the judges shuffle the cards) and won.
VMJM4 TIL that other than humans, chimpanzees and rats are the only animals that can laugh.
W7709 TIL about a failed 1850s rival to the telegraph, which involved pairs of snails and the hypothesis that snails formed permanent telepathic links after they had sex.
80B8 TIL that the last song of the ‘90s was Sisqó’s “Thong Song” which was released on December 31, 1999.
YpD5G TIL the movie "Paranormal Activity" had a budget of only $15,000 but made $194 million. During the screening, people were walking out that one studio executive thought the film was bombing. They later learned that the viewers were actually leaving because they were too frightened.