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TIL Ontario employs a police interrogator so effective, the running joke is “if you’re under questioning and Jim Smyth walks in, don’t make any appointments for the next 25 years”. His trick: offering coffee and a sympathetic ear.

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poyb TIL that Mr. Potato Head kits came without a body from 1952 until 1964, expecting you to provide your own potatoes.
oBEWA TIL that eight years after JFK’s assassination, Jackie Kennedy avoided the public unveiling of their White House portraits, but the Nixons graciously agreed to a secret, private tour for her and her kids. It was her only return visit.
Mr5B TIL that at his maximum strength, a full out punch from Superman wouldn’t hit you before it would cause nuclear fusion in the air. Resulting in a 45 megaton explosion and a particle beam shooting straight out from his fist.
XEN1X TIL about Room 8, a neighborhood cat who wandered into a classroom in 1952 at an elementary school California. He lived in the school during the school year and then disappeared for the summer, returning when classes started again. This pattern continued without interruption until the mid-'60s.
MeR0W TIL of Brian Banks, a star football player with a promising NFL career, who was sent to prison at 17 after being accused of sexual violence. After serving 5 years in prison, the woman confessed she made it up. Although he was acquitted, his dream NFL career never happened and she never served time.