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TIL a woman who claimed to be a survivor of the 9/11 attacks and even became the president of World Trade Centers Survivors Support Group turned out to be lying and wasn’t even in the United States during the attacks.

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enk6 TIL a museum in Boston has not removed empty frames of stolen paintings from the walls after an art theft in 1990. The art stolen is worth 500 million, the largest property theft ever.
NRW1 TIL the feelings of anxiety and distress created by not having your phone is called Nomophobia.
aeZN TIL that David Hayter(the voice of Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid), wrote the screenplay for Watchmen.
4WAX TIL: broccoli has nearly twice the vitamin C of oranges by weight
pYZEA TIL about the Dickin medal which was created in 1943 in the UK to award the work of animals in World War II. It has been awarded 75 times, most recently in 2023 to Bass, a Belgian Malinois of the US Marine Special Operation Command.