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TIL In 2007, a Bosnian couple, unhappy with their marriages, began cheating on each other online. When they finally decided to meet their online lovers, they discovered they had been cheating on each other, with each other.

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rRLg4 TIL about Alternative 3 - fake British documentary about plans to make the Moon & Mars habitable in the event of an environmental catastrophe on Earth. Its broadcast date of June 20 1977, delayed from April 1, meant it was taken seriously by some, making its way in to conspiracy theory subculture.
PYLVV TIL that Wrinkles the clown was hired by desperate parents in Florida to scare and rein in their misbehaving kids.
yQvW8 TIL a $40M lottery winner in China wore a monkey costume to hide his identity. Apparently this has become a trend for many lottery winners in China from ninjas to Baymax from Big Hero 6.
yQ8NX TIL that in 2012, a missing woman was found when it was discovered that she was in the search party looking for herself.
dKkZ TIL Gaius Duillius, a Roman Consul, was so esteemed during the first Punic War that the senate awarded him theme music to accompany him to and from dinner for the rest of his life