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TIL Kenneth Copeland, a Christian Minister who believes in Prosperity Theology, is worth $750 million

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ZpedD TIL that in 2012, a group of British students edited the Wikpedia article about electric toasters and inserted the false claim that a man named Alan MacMasters invented the toaster in 1893. The fake article was cited by newspapers and other organizations until the hoax was exposed in July 2022.
wLNBY TIL in 559 BC a chinese prisoner was sentenced to death by being flown off the top of a large tower attached to a kite. He survived the flight, and claimed the record of the highest jump survived by a person in the process. He was later starved to death in prison.
E1Vnp TIL Navy Captain Chris Cassidy studied mathematics at the Naval Academy, ocean engineering at MIT, was a Navy SEAL for 11 years, and is an astronaut who spent 181 days in space.
wLW57 TIL Prior to humans settling Madagascar about 1,300 years ago, there were lemurs as big as apes, weighing 350lbs
VM66G TIL Harry Redknapp is Frank Lampards uncle