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TIL after The Wizard of Oz, 40 books were written that are "canon" to the land of Oz, plus many others

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PKLn TIL that 3 people tried to inform PepsiCo about the secret formula of Coke-A-Cola. Pepsi then informed Coke, and the FBI.
egWn TIL of Steven Jay Russell, who impersonated a prison guard to simply walk out of prison. Upon recapture Russell lowered and paid his bail by pretending to be a judge, escaped his next capture by impersonating a doctor, and did so AGAIN by faking his death, eventually landing him a 144yr sentence.
R7xM4 TIL sharks have been around MUCH longer than trees
OEjR TIL in the 1860’s, a slave from South Carolina stole a ship from the Confederacy and delivered it to the Union. He was later gifted the ship to command during the Civil War. After the war was over, he bought the house he was a slave in and became a US Congressman.
VgyZ TIL that a man ran ran 247 triathlons including 6 ironmans and 7 half ironmens, as well as 70 marathons… pulling or pushing his son.