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TIL That most of the world's biggest, longest, & tallest rollercoasters are built by a company from one of the smallest countries in the world, Intamin of Liechtenstein

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nW9EG TIL: Gerald Barnbaum posed as a doctor for over 20 years. He killed at least one patient due to not being a real doctor and impersonated different doctors in multiple medical facilities in San Francisco earning $400k by 1991. He even got a position where he did checkups on FBI agents.
l777a TIL Apollo astronaut and New Mexico senator Harrison Schmitt organized a cattle mutilation conference in 1979. He noted that in the last five years, in at least fifteen states animals were killed and systematically mutilated for no apparent purpose, by persons unknown
wLXe1 TIL that the tallest man of all time was Robert Wadlow @ 2.72m or 8 ft 11. He was asked if it bothers him that people stare, and he answered "No, I just overlook them."
wL7PY TIL That when Arnold Schwarzenegger was running for Governor in 2003, He was hit with an egg during a rally, Later during a speech, Arnold responded with "Now he owes me bacon"
9mEX TIL that babies born in international waters have their birth place listed as “AT SEA.” Those born in the air where no country claims sovereignty are listed as “IN THE AIR”