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TIL Mike Tyson walked in on his wife having sex with Brad Pitt

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VWGD TIL One third of the world’s population has never made a telephone call.
KaV4 TIL in 1995 a Virginia inmate sued himself for $5 million for violating his own civil rights by getting drunk and getting arrested. The judge dismissed the case but congratulated the man on his “innovative approach to civil rights litigation.”
R5884 TIL in 1981, the PGA Tour was renamed to the Tournament Players Association (TPA) Tour as a way to boost its brand and marketing efforts. It was an immediate flop and changed back to the PGA Tour about six months later in 1982.
b9PL9 TIL that the 1952 Great Smog of London was so bad that the smog came indoors and movie screenings and concerts had to be cancelled because it was more difficult to see inside a large room like a movie theater.
7r4VO TIL that No Kum-Sok, the first pilot to defect with an operational aircraft, received a $100,000 reward from Operation Moolah in 1953. He landed the wrong way on the runway: had he tried to land in the right direction, he would have been spotted and shot down.