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TIL that a cow-smuggling tunnel was discovered in 2017 under the India–Pakistan border.

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WWro TIL that a woman created a fake facebook profile of a teenage girl and sent a friend request to her husband, then used transcripts of their conversations to get him arrested. He was freed and all charges were dropped when he produced a notarized affidavit, proving he knew it was her all along.
nWal7 TIL The 1741 HMS Wager shipwreck, 6 months suffering on South Chilean Island, 60 crew mutinied leaving Captain Cheap with all the sick men and no chance to survive. The mutineers arrived in London in 1842. Cheap hiked the Andes, nearly starved in jail but arrived in London to see the mutineers hung.
gMYWy TIL King Henry VIII of England was a gifted musician and composer. He could sing and play many instruments and was considered highly skilled in his time. Many of his compositions survive and some are still played in classical concerts, especially his most popular piece, "Pastime with Good Company."
4XOEw TIL that Stephen Greenspan spent years researching gullibility and in 2008 published a book called “Annals of Gullibility.” Two days after the book was published he learned he had lost a third of his life saving in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.
PYxKw TIL Despite being a trained Broadway singer, Matthew Broderick only voiced the speaking role of adult Simba in “The Lion King” (1994). Simba’s singing voice was provided by Joseph Williams, the lead singer of Toto.