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TIL on April Fool’s Day of 1957 the BBC showed a 3 minute report broadcast showcasing a Swiss family harvesting spaghetti from their family spaghetti tree convincing numerous British people that spaghetti grew on trees.

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x68Jo TIL that in 1986 a limnic eruption caused a toxic gas cloud of CO2 to be released from Lake Nyos. The cloud traveled downhill at 30mph and killed 1,786 people nearly instantly. People have since moved back to the area, and scientists believe it is only a matter of time before this could happen again
nW65W TIL that banks used to print people’s social security numbers on their checks.
Ookk7 TIL Julius Caesar’s only son, Caesarion, was the last Pharaoh of Egypt. Even though Cleopatra swears he is Caesar’s son, Caesar never officially acknowledged him.
rbbd TIL Judge Judy Makes More Money than all 9 Supreme Court Justices Combined
OGAr4 TIL that in 1998, a man named Smokey Nagata from Japan hit 197mph (315kph) in his 1000bhp gold-plated Toyota Supra on UK public roads. He was hit with just a 1-month driving suspension, £155 fine ($200), £35 in court fees, and a 10-year UK ban.