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TIL Isaac Asimov was a long-time member and vice president of Mensa International, albeit reluctantly; he described some members of that organization as “brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs”.

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b6eZp TIL: a homeless man was able to fake being a military sergeant and lived at fort Bragg. during this time he did barracks inspections and apparently kept them well ordered
rwGw TIL that during September 2009, a ‘Gollum’ like creature was discovered in Panama after it terrified children when it slithered out of a lake and clambered over the rocks towards them.
VBV40 TIL Theodore Hook & the Berners Street hoax
xVKl1 TIL that the Hindenburg had a grand piano on it; but because they can weigh up to 1000 pounds, the ship had a specially-made aluminum piano which only weighed 350 pounds.
kOgg5 TIL in 2016 William Leonard Pickard - who was sentenced to life without parole in 2003 for creating 90% of the worlds LSD won a decade long lawsuit against the DEA to get his Snitch's records unsealed.