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TIL students once hacked the MIT website to say that Disney had bought the school for $6.9 billion as an April Fools Day prank.

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Xv06 TIL Isaac Asimov was a long-time member and vice president of Mensa International, albeit reluctantly; he described some members of that organization as “brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs”.
XyP6 TIL of 96 year old Harold Fairweather, widely believed to be the oldest person with a living parent. His mother is Violet Brown and is of 116 years of age.
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