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TIL in 1957, dentist Charles Kremer in New York voiced his suspicion that a high-ranking church official, Archbishop Valerian Trifa, was actually the Nazi war criminal Viorel Trifa. 20 years later, investigators found Trifa's fingerprint on a postcard to Heinrich Himmler in a German archive.

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Y70Mv TIL in 1996 Ali Dia convinced Graham Souness manager of Southampton he was cousin of footballer George Weah and had played with him.He was signed and made his debut against Leeds where he was so bad he had his contract terminated. They later found out he had never played professional football before
0w1Gj TIL about mind-blindness. Mind-blindness is a concept of a cognitive divergence where an individual is unable to attribute mental states to others.
5raQ TIL an aboriginal artist only discovered that one of his designs had been used on the Australian $1 note when someone brought a wad of cash to his village in 1966. He was compensated with a medallion, a fishing tackle box and $1,000.
xVJmo TIL that Richard Dominick, the man responsible for much of the success of the Jerry Springer Show, Hardcore Pawn, Bait Car, etc. was also a reporter for "The Sun" grocery store tabloid and swore on David Letterman's show that all the stories reported are 100% true.
wlkE TIL A French woman, Jeanne de Clisson, became a pirate in the 1300’s for revenge after her husband was beheaded. Selling her lands to buy 3 ships, they were painted black with red sails. Hunting French ships, when she caught nobles, she personally beheaded them with an axe.