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TIL Benjamin Franklin intentionally faked the death of rival publisher, Titan Leeds. (Franklin maintained that the still-alive Leeds was an impostor.)

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54Zk TIL that US ski jumper Anders Haugen finished 4th at the 1924 Olympics, when 50 years later a Norwegian historian discovered a scoring error was made and Haugen should have gotten the bronze medal, which was handed to him in Norway in 1974 by the daughter of the original bronze medal winner
wPZ8 TIL that people in England previously called football, soccer.
KQKQ TIL Jack Hanna initially accepted the director position at the Columbus Zoo because he believed Children’s Hospital of Columbus had the best care for his daughter, who had been diagnosed with leukemia.
kOd77 Today I learned that Mike Patton, lead singer of Faith No More, with a six octave range, provided the voices and sounds for the dark seekers in the movie I am Legend.
GAJGN TIL The most powerful punch in the animal kingdom belongs to the Mantis shrimp