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TIL The town of Buford only has one resident: 60 year-old Don Sammons. He has been all alone in the southern Wyoming town on Interstate 80 since his son moved out over three years ago.

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B06b TIL of police officer Jed Blair. After reporting fellow cops for planting evidence his colleagues “allegedly stole his equipment, interfered with his radio calls, threatened to kill him and his family, and scrawled the word "rat” on his locker.“
584k TIL DMX was arrested in 2004 when he crashed his SUV through an airport gate and told the attendant to let him leave because he was a government agent. When she refused, he tried to hijack a nearby car by identifying himself as an FBI agent.
D17rD TIL The worlds largest book was lost by the city of Cleveland. It was called The Golden Book of Cleveland; and it was as large as a mattress. It was misplaced in 1936.
D15Qg TIL Tori Amos taught herself to play piano at the age of 2, and started composing at the age of 3. She was admitted into the Peabody Conservatory at the age of 5, but lost the scholarship six years later, reportedly due to her dislike for using sheet music and interest in rock and pop music.
WGyA TIL: During the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Greece always enters the stadium first due to its status as the birthplace of the Olympics.