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TIL: There was a scam in 2002 where people were invited to a year long reality TV show to win £100000. The participants were told to quit their jobs, leave their homes, and make 1 million within a year. Most realize they were making their own prize money quickly and left. However, some continued.

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aw6LA TIL Charles Bonaparte, a nephew of Napoleon, created the Bureau of Investigation for Theodore Roosevelt and recruited himself the 10 first agents, the B.O.I. later became the F.B.I.; he's also been an activist for the rights of black residents of his city.
R55a1 TIL CCR's 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain?' is about the fact the band wildly exceeded all of their expectations, were rich, famous and hugely successful. Despite all this they were all miserable, angry, depressed and constantly fighting each other for control of the band. They broke up soon after.
vPbK7 TIL Rick James & Neil Young were in a band together (the Mynah Birds). A 16yo James was in Canada avoiding military duty, & got saved from a fight by Levon Helm, who introduced him to the music scene. He only played w/ Young for 6 months, til their crooked manager ratted out James, who was jailed
NX7x6 TIL Taushiro, Tanema and Kaixana are the least spoken languages in the world, with only one speaker each. They are languages of Peru, Solomon Islands and Brazil, respectively.
Z8e5G TIL that Disneyland has its own color called "Go Away Green", a shade designed to help unsightly things blend in with the landscaping. Go Away Green is a gray-green (and kinda bluish) shade, tested and formulated to blend in well among almost anything: concrete, landscaping, the sky, you name it.