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TIL a paediatrician was forced to flee her home by vigilantes who confused her job title with “paedophile”

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PY8Xw TIL of John Carpenter, the first person to win on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". He didn't use any Lifelines until the final question when he called his dad only to say that he didn't actually need any help, and just wanted to tell him that he was about to win a million dollars.
4WKg TIL A 66-year-old hiker, who became lost on the Appalachian Trail, kept a journal documenting her 26-day ordeal before succumbing to lack of food and exposure. In one entry, she pleaded “When you find my body, please call my husband and daughter.”
BrPjd TIL that, after hearing Leonard Cohen's album including "Hallelujah," the head of CBS Records said it wasn't good enough for a U.S. release. Years later, accepting an award, Cohen thanked his record company by saying, “I have always been touched by the modesty of their interest in my work.”
Z8BRa TIL: Mariah Carey makes up to $3.8 million per year from 'All I Want For Christmas'
WLx8 TIL that Pando, the tree from Utah, is the heaviest organism in the world, and the biggest tree-system in the world. it’s 103 acres big.