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TIL Tania Head faked being a 9/11 survivor and served as President of the WTC Survivors Network

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KOmoJ TIL That Mariska Hargitay's (who plays Olivia Benson L&O: SVU) mother was Jayne Mansfield, one of the most famous sex symbols in America.
wopXY TIL about the discovery of IR and UV light: in 1800, William Herschel discovered that in prismed sunlight the invisible area just beyond red light heats up; In 1801, Johann Wilhelm Ritter searched for "cooling rays" on the other end of the spectrum but instead found it induces a chemical reaction
y8xJ TIL Sacha Baron Cohen was nominated for an award in Kazakhstan for his role in Borat. According to the president , “He had raised the profile of the country to a level once thought impossible”.
VBGOG TIL In China, drivers will rather run over and kill the pedestrians they hit, as death compensation fees is like lower than medical for survivors
W7BDX TIL a hurricane was renamed bawbag by the Scottish