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TIL that Frank Abagnale, the real-life inspiration for Catch Me If You Can, fabricated most of his infamous conman exploits, and much of his story was a hoax.

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YpjB TIL that black people saying “aks” instead of “ask” is a ‘Recency Illusion’: the use of “aks” in place of “ask” dates back to the 1600s and Middle English, and is not a recent development.
Y7BWZ TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020.
XvX6 TIL Activision proposed a collaboration with Nintendo to create a brand new franchise exclusive to their systems. Nintendo declined. That franchise was Skylanders.
Oo7dX TIL that in 1969 during the Murry hill riots in Montreal, the entire police and fire departments went on strike in order to receive a better wage. It took the city 16 hours to give in to the demands.
aRWo TIL that an Ohio judge sentenced a woman to spend 8 hours in the “smelliest, most god-awful place they can find” at a garbage dump, for neglecting her dog. “If you puke, you puke”