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TIL Woody Harrelson’s dad was a hitman and died in prison while serving a life sentence for killing a Federal Judge.

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lD5B TIL Bobby Bonilla, a former baseball player, agreed to be bought out and defer his $5.9 million contract in 2000, so that the New York Mets would pay him $1.19 million every year from 2011 to 2035, totalling $29.8 million for a year he didn’t even play.
78JdX TIL about the Great Disappointment. It was the reaction that followed Baptist preacher William Miller's proclamation that Jesus Christ would return to the Earth by 1844, which he called the Second Advent. When Jesus did not appear by 22 October 1844, Miller and his followers were disappointed
78ELL TIL that grocery store apples were bread to be extra sweet, and that wild apples are bitter, small and acidic
X0Am8 TIL in 1925, a forger convinced Portugal's money printer to make him 200,000 bills, worth ~1% of Portugal's GDP. They were easily laundered, since they weren't actually counterfeit. To cover his tracks, he started buying a controlling interest in the Bank of Portugal, but was caught. He was 28.
yQaNl TIL the Blockbuster Video store in Bend, Oregon is the last in the world