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TIL Dave Foley owes 400% of his income in child support, and cannot return to Canada without facing imprisonment.

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5YORp TIL of Shizo Kanakuri, a japanese athlete who collapsed during the 1912 olympics marathon. Embarrassed, he went home without notifying race officials. He eventually came back to finish, with a time of 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds
4Xneb TIL "Old Person Smell" is actually a chemical called 2-nonenal
wLYj8 TIL in March 2011, Korea’s anti-trust regulator went to a Samsung facility in Suwon to raid the building, looking for evidence of possible collusion between the company and wireless operators to fix the prices of mobile phones. Before investigators could get inside employees began eating documents.
yVbBv TIL that Pedro II of Brazil last words were, "May God grant me these last wishes – peace and prosperity for Brazil..."
WkA1X TIL almond extract is often commercially made from the inside of peach pits, not almonds at all.