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TIL that when David Copperfield and his assistants were held up at gunpoint, he used sleight of hand to conceal his possessions from the robber

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16ArV TIL after a Jewish six-year-old was taken away from his parents by priests, people involved tried to avoid returning him by publicly claiming the child had learned the catechism perfectly within a few days & was claiming "I am baptized and my father is the Pope."
KOnPQ TIL there was only 66 years between the first flight and landing on the moon
QNDJa TIL The Thonet No. 14 chair was the first mass-produced piece of furniture. The ease of production came from the wood being curved an iron mold. Over 50 million of these chairs have been sold since the invention in 1859.
K1XR TIL that there is a kind of tumor that can develop tissues and functional organs, like eyes, torso, hands, teeth and feet.
8k7L TIL in 1999 Matthew McConaughey was arrested at 2:45AM loudly playing bongo drums, Nude and highly intoxicated. He was charged with Drug Possession charges, but was eventually let go with only noise ordinance charges and only $50 fine