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TIL the U.S. built a fort to defend against Canada in 1816, but they accidentally built it in Canada. They call it Fort Blunder.

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dZj TIL Patrick Stewart will be running the Olympic torch through my home town.
d84j8 TIL a Melbourne woman posted a photo on Facebook of a "creep" she claimed was taking photos of her children in a shopping centre, and it was shared thousands of times. The man had actually taken a selfie at a Star Wars store display set up for people to take selfies
b9Jpa TIL that Don Rickles passed away before he was able to record any dialogue for Toy Story 4. Rather than replacing him, Disney reviewed 25 years of material from the first three films, video games, and other media; they were able to assemble enough dialogue to cover the entire film.
XE08R TIL Actor Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz, Star Trek, MI:) once pretended to be kidnapped by aliens, tweeting he was going to check some noises in his attic, then disappearing from Twitter for 3 days. He re-appeared 5 mins after the time-of-day he "disappeared" & tweeted "everything's fine, nothing there".