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TIL 3 men escaped Alcatraz in a raft made of raincoats. The FBI never found them.

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ZN8p TIL an Ohio woman once got out of a parking ticket because of a missing comma in the state’s laws. She successfully argued that her car wasn’t a “motor vehicle camper” and therefore wasn’t included in the list of prohibited vehicles.
xVG75 TIL modern day numerals and Algebra were introduced by Fibonacci from a mathematical treatise in currently 'lost' library in Baghdad that dates back to 13th century.
5VM59 TIL Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI got married by Proxy. Marie's own brother stood in for the groom during the ceremony, and she only met her husband for the first time a month after their marriage
XEJOP TIL of speed reader Kim Peek who could read a book in an hour by scanning the left page with his left eye then the right page with his right eye. He also had an exceptional memory, able to accurately recall the contents of 12,000 books.
6Ey7Z TIL Potoo birds are the most divergent of any other species of birds, being so ancient that fossils of them can be found from 40 million years ago. This suggest they are one of the oldest species of birds.