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TIL that Snopes occasionally makes up urban legends, just to keep us on our toes.

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gMmmA TIL that President Grant in 1875 called for taxing Church property equally and wrote that its tax exempt status was "an evil that, if permitted to continue, will probably lead to great trouble in our land".
nWGmP TIL Beryl Markham, a British-born Kenyan aviator, adventurer, and author, was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west (1936). Her memoir, West with the Night, was lauded by Hemingway and is celebrated for its lyrical writing, tales of African landscapes and flying escapades
Aael TIL the planet Saturn emits sound, and it is terrifying
Ye8x TIL Ellie Kemper (Erin from The Office) came from a family of millionaire bankers and philanthropists. She went to Princeton and Oxford before pursuing comedy from the ground up.
ZMmD TIL that The Lord of the Rings timeline is hidden in every Mac