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TIL that in 2009, 78% of schools in Atlanta altered the answers on elementary students’ state exams to produce higher scores that would bring bonuses to administration, leading to criminal racketeering convictions.

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A4dw TIL that when the CIA opened a Twitter account, their first tweet was “We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet.”
XKGj TIL An Air New Zealand hijacking ended when one of the cabin crew struck the hijacker in the head with a whiskey bottle
j611E TIL that statues of biblical kings, located on the west facade of the Notre-Dame de Paris, were decapitated during the French Revolution because they were mistaken for statues of French kings
kOPxE TIL that when a child actor is cast in California, a trust fund, or Coogan account, is setup to store at least 15% of their earnings. This was after the parents of Jackie Coogan, a child star from some early Charlie Chaplin movies, squandered nearly all of his fortune before he reached adulthood
KOgWJ TIL that Frankie Muniz has suffered two strokes, has suffered significant memory loss, including losing memories from his childhood acting days.