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TIL that the fake phone number from “Bruce Almighty”, was actually called by many people who asked “are you God?”. One man with the number was a priest, who would reply “No, but I can take a message”.

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670Y TIL that in 2009, a 13-year-old kid with Aspergers, having feared being scolded by his mother, decided to runaway and dissapear by riding the NYC subway for 11 days. Despite being heavily monitored 24/7, no one noticed him.
MX8a TIL a stray dog in Afghanistan saved 50 American soliders. A Facebook group raised $21,000 to bring the dogs back to the US and reunite them with the soldiers.
rNeM TIL 25% of all trade between the U.S. and Canada goes over one bridge between Detroit and Ontario, and it is owned by a single man who is reaping the profits and funding a large advertising campaign in the U.S. to ensure he can keep his monopoly.
womG6 TIL there used to be a country called “Republic of Dahomey”
o9J8 TIL that only 5% of all the slaves from the Atlantic Slave Trade came to the USA. Most went to S. America and the Caribbean.