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TIL that Pakistan was accused of forging documents in a corruption case dated from 2006 because they used the font Calibri, a font that wasn't available until 2007. It was referred to as "Fontgate"

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WkWod TIL that the phrase “live in the boonies” comes from the word Boondocks which in turn comes from the Philippine (Tagalog) word Bundok which means mountains, or an out of the way rural area.
M77Va TIL the Irish Guards have had an Irish Wolfhound as a mascot since 1902. The current one is called Seamus
xVkmk TIL the story of FedEx's founder, Frederick Smith, submitting his business plan as a term paper and receiving a failing grade with an admonition that it would never work, is a myth. He dimly remembers he got about a C, mostly because "it wasn't a well-thought-out paper."
wLL58 Til of Henry Darger- The Chicago janitor and author of a 15,145-page fantasy epic titled "In the Realms of the Unreal"; complete with over 300 accompanying watercolor illustrations filled with nude children.
6eg7 TIL that the sample used for Dr. Dre’s “The Next Episode” was from a song called “The Edge” written by David McCallum AKA Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard from NCIS.