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TIL self-taught naturalist Ray Stanford shocked paleontologists by routinely finding hundreds of dinosaur prints in suburban Washington DC where only a handful had been discovered before. He has a unique ability to recognize patterns and abnormalities in rock. He also claims seeing UFOs in clouds.

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GD0j TIL in 1989, for April Fools’ Day, Virgin flew a UFO over London. When they landed, police “sent one lone policeman… across the field to greet the alien… A [character]…, dressed in an ET outfit, walked down the platform towards the bobby. He promptly turned and ran in the opposite direction!”
9lQQ TIL a passerby flipped off the camera when they were filming the intro for the pilot of “Louie,” and they kept it in the final cut because Louis C.K. thought it was a sign from the universe that they would get to be on TV.
Mella TIL that in 1970, a sniper shot a semi-trailer carrying 20 tons of TNT creating a 30' deep and 50' wide crater in the middle of the interstate
6EYrl TIL William Willburforce and Pitt - as 23 year old uni mates who became MPs - went on a Lads on Tour holiday to meet up with Benjamin Franklin, General Lafayette, Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. When the lads returned Pitt was immediately made Prime Minister & Wilburforce went on to abolish slavery
7rAmb TIL that famous French painter Claude Monet was a poor man until he won 100,000 francs in the French lottery and lived a life of wealth and luxury unlike some other famous painters of his time.