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TIL that there exists a documentary known as “Reversal of Fortune” whereby the directors gave $100,000 cash to a homeless person and followed him around to see what he would do with the money. Less than 6 months later, he was back in the same situation and completely broke.

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veMK TIL The theme park “Epcot” at Walt Disney World, Florida is actually an acronym. It stands for “Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow”
AbNg TIL After banning pit bulls in 1991, the rate of dog bites in the UK remained the same.
rNnA1 TIL of English financier Clarence Hatry. His fraudulent operations, wiped the equivalent to 1.8 billion today off the market, and lead in part to the 1929 Wall Street Crash. Hatry who served as a librarian while in prison, would later acquire and revitalise the bookshop Hatchards.
jb5E TIL in 1915, millionaire Cecil Chubb bought Stonehenge as a gift for his wife. She didn’t like it so he gave it to the nation in 1918.
vPVbK TIL that the infamous (Sylvia Plath) suicide technique of sticking one's head in an oven was not a hot, violent affair. Rather, ovens used to run on "town gas" that had high carbon monoxide, and putting your head in an unlit oven was a rather peaceful way to go.