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TIL George Forman made more money off of his grill than from his entire boxing career

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M790 TIL Fox news gets 93% of climate change facts wrong. WSJ fails as well with 81% of facts wrong.
YLrx TIL 85% of all people will only read a headline (or title to a link) without clicking on the story to see if its accurate.
LYBd TIL U2 pilots were given cyanide suicide pills. After a pilot almost accidentally ingested a suicide pill instead of candy during a flight, the suicide pills were put into boxes to avoid confusion.
VMx6m TIL that the oldest known Earth rock was discovered in 2019... embedded in a boulder brought back from the moon by Apollo 14. It is the first discovered meteorite from Earth.
78wjr TIL all three victims survived the 1618 defenestration of Prague (the 2nd defenestration of Prague). The Catholics said they were caught by the Virgin Mary while the Protestants said their fall was broken by a garbage pile.