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TIL Michael Jackson’s father, talent mogul Joe Jackson, attempted to use the press conference marking his son’s death to promote his new hip hop recording project

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0wx1v TIL that one of the top security experts at the FBI, Frank Abagnale, was also one of the most successful con-mans of all time. He posed as a pilot to travel for free on over 250 flights to 25 countries aged between 16-18, and had scammed his father out of $28k (adjusted for inflation) aged just 15.
4Jg5 TIL the ZIKA virus was discovered in the Zika forest of Uganda in 1947 but only became a world health concern in 2007
jQ7Q TIL that when Michael Foot was put in charge of a nuclear disarmament committee, The Times reportedly announced the news with the headline “Foot Heads Arms Body.”
XPbr TIL 22% of college students report being cyber-bullied, while 42% report witnessing someone being bullied. Of those incidents, 15% say a professor was the bully.
XE1OD TIL Napoleon Dynamite had a budget of only $400,000 while Jon Heder was only paid $1000 to play the lead role. It ended up grossing over 40 million