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TIL a master impersonator and identity thief with no medical training, imperonsated a surgeon on board a ship, read some text books and performed life saving surgery on wounded soldiers.

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JVmm TIL Lyndon Johnson liked to scare visitors to his ranch by driving his amphibious car downhill into a lake while shouting “The brakes don’t work! The brakes won’t hold! We’re going in! We’re going under!”
Zpa0D TIL an Argentinian newspaper vendor was able to concoct a hand-written algorithm on his notebook that had allowed him to figure out the CVC numbers of his victims credit cards, analyzing their number and expiration. He was caught after buying tv subscriptions from his stand for the commission.
nWW8Y TIL that Jim Leavelle, the tan-suited detective famously present at the killing of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, was also a witness to the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.
VBZlB TIL people with red hair may need up to 20% more anesthesia. This is because of MCR1 mutation.
WkKAX TIL that Facebook conducted a study where they intentionally manipulated almost 700,000 users’ emotions without their knowledge or permission