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TIL the Paris Mosque helped Jews escape the Nazis by giving them Muslim IDs

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l7jNr TIL Kenny Lofton and Tim Stoddard are the only two athletes to have played in both a Men's NCAA Final Four and an MLB World Series game. They are also both alumni of East Chicago Washington High School
4XJWJ TIL Foxconn's Longhua factory, responsible for manufacturing Apple's iPhones, had issues with workers committing suicide by jumping off buildings in response to poor working conditions. They tried to resolve the situation by installing large safety nets to catch falling bodies.
5YGRp TIL they gave monkeys Angel Dust to study schizophrenia in primates
PYMPZ TIL The Amityville Horror is an admitted hoax, confessed to by the lawyer that assisted in fabricating the story; The motive for which, was to gain a new trial for his client Butch DeFeo (the man who murdered his family whilst they slept in the house)
DNwp TIL During the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, tourists made bookings at the wrong Vancouver in Washington