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TIL Einstein used to make mistakes in his income returns, but tax authorities did not raise issues with him

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AK4d TIL Disneyland employees planted an entire forest shaped like Mickey Mouse’s head
b9GGN TIL of Héctor Castro(Uruguayan football player) who lost his arm in an accident at 13 and later went on to win Olympic Gold in 1928 and scored the decisive goal for his team in 1930 FIFA World Cup culminating his inspiring story.
Z8BWQ TIL A fortune cookie company accurately predicted winning lottery numbers resulting in 110 people winning between $100,000 and $500,000
yXyv TIL that during the cold war, when navy divers repairing a whale enclosure heard a human-like voice saying “out, out, out,” and got out of the water to see nobody, they found out that a beluga whale named “Noc” had learned to mimic human speech and was trying to communicate with them.
5Y1OP TIL there was a plan to build a 3,000 slot machine casino almost 3 miles from the Gettysburg Battlefield, which would create 3,000 jobs and a year-round tourism industry. It was rejected twice (2006 and 2011) under opposition from Civil War enthusiasts including Ken Burns and composer John Williams.