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TIL a student designed a tool that caught the government and various corporations / organizations editing Wikipedia articles to reflect better upon themselves.

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9YYYm TIL when James Brady’s surgeon was informed of the media’s announcement that Brady had died in the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, the surgeon replied, “No one has told me and the patient.”
DQKwr TIL there was a math question on the 1982 SAT that every single test taker got wrong. The question was so paradoxical that the creators were confused and didn’t include the actual answer as part of the selection. All 300,000 exams had to be rescored.
vPZBx TIL that in 1982, 28-year-old Vladimir Smirnoff, ranked world #1 in fencing, was killed at the World Fencing Championships when a broken foil pierced his mask, entered his eye socket and penetrated his frontal lobe. The incident is the reason why fencing uniforms now include Kevlar as standard.
5xBD TIL that a Luftwaffe pilot refused to destroy a damaged B-17.The German pilot escorted the B-17 to the English Channel and then saluted the American pilot and returned home. 40 years later they were reunited and developed a deep friendship that lasted until their deaths.
gGP8 TIL Soviet pilots delivered MiG-29 fighter jets to Yugoslavia wearing suits and ties, because they had to go back on a civilian flight, and there was no place for luggage.