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TIL Half of Bernie Madoff's investors were "net winners," earning more than their original investment in his Ponzi Scheme

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Wk0OL TIL that in Tolkien's initial concepts for 'The Lord of the Rings', Aragorn was supposed to be a Hobbit named "Trotter" who had wooden feet. Further ideas included revealing him to be Bilbo in disguise or changing his wooden shoes to wooden feet on account of him being tortured in Mordor.
yQVBV TIL: Conspiracy theorist, David Icke was a professional footballer for Coventry City FC
Qkga TIL it is commonplace for weight loss commercials to pay a fit person to gain weight for the “before” photo instead of showing someone who actually lost the weight
aZMy TIL a 75-yr-old woman took shelter from a tornado in her bathtub. The tornado ripped off the roof of her house, lifted the tub out of her bathroom, and deposited it in the woods with the uninjured woman still in it.
e0xwg TIL the son of a US Governor is 6,000 times more likely to become a Governor than the average American and the son of a US Senator is 8,500 times more likely to become a senator than the average American