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TIL that the font Calibri has been instrumental in exposing document forgeries worldwide, revealing fake documents in cases ranging from the Pakistani 'Panama Papers' to a U.S. bankruptcy filing, because the font didn't exist during the dates the documents claimed to be from

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9Yjar TIL the Statue of Liberty almost wasn't built in New York because the governor wouldn't use city funds to build its pedestal, but Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper articles inspired 160,000 people to donate. Though a majority of donations were less than $1, they raised over $100,000 in just five months.
6elm TIL Before creating “Family Guy” Seth MacFarlane worked for Hanna-Barbara Productions writing for such shows as “Johnny Bravo” and “Cow and Chicken”
69wJ TIL that the deepest note mankind has ever detected is a B♭ that is 57 octaves below middle C. The sound is made by inflating plasma bubbles in the center of the Perseus Cluster.
R7AKj TIL One of the earliest quotations of the saying "Fortune favors the brave" came from Pliny the Elder, who said it before setting sail towards the erupting Mount Vesuvius, where he was killed instantly
8elZZ TIL The forerunner to the pressure cooker, the steam digester, was desigend to separate out fats and prepare bones for bone meal.