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TIL that American mapmakers included a false town to try and catch plagiarism

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gMKnL TIL that only 7 men have lived to see their millionth hour, though more than 100 women have done so
d8Oe7 TIL the human body literally glows, emitting a visible light in extremely small quantities at levels that rise and fall with the day, scientists now reveal. Past research has shown that the body emits visible light, 1,000 times less intense than the levels to which our naked eyes are sensitive.
Br8Lb TIL, Hans and Margret Rey, creators of Curious George, escaped France on homemade bicycles less than 48 hours before the Nazis invaded Paris.
MeBva TIL Paris's first Tex-Mex restaurant opened in 1983. Business was slow, but the 1986 film Betty Blue, had characters drinking tequila shots and eating chili con carne, made the food popular. Benayoun said, "after the movie came out, everybody in Paris wanted a shot of tequila and a bowl of chili."
KZd6 TIL that in 2008 a Scottish man got sent to jail for 3 months for singing ‘SpiderPig’ from the Simpsons Move at a policeman.