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TIL in 1998 Sean Penn was taken hostage in a police department holding cell and dragged outside by gunpoint only to learn the whole thing was an elaborate prank by Woody Harrelson

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b9Gx7 TIL that former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, who was the Republican VP nominee in 1976 and the Presidential nominee in 1992 is 97 years old and still alive. I hope this doesn't violate Rule 4.
mxZax TIL Research shows that developing resilience and fighting back against anxiety can be a matter of "unlearning learned helplessness."
Y1yv TIL A&W introduced a burger that was bigger and less expensive than McDonald’s Quarter Pounder, but it failed because customers assumed 1/3 was less than ¼.
QJEYp TIL the phrase “No Spring Chicken”, originated in the early 1700’s, farmers found that chickens born in the spring brought better prices than ‘old’ ones that had gone through winter. When farmers tried to sell the old birds as 'new spring born’, buyers complained that they were 'no spring chicken’.
rRKB1 TIL that during WW2 the Canadian government housed the Dutch Royal Family and when princess Juliana went into labour Canada declared the Hospital in Ottawa international territory so their child would maintain their Dutch citizenship and remain as the heir to the Royal Family.