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TIL BBC hoaxed audience with a fake spaghetti tree video on April Fool's Day in 1957

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9YXAr TIL that in 2012, an Indian nurse looking after the Duchess of Cambridge was prank called by an Australian radio station pretending to be the Queen. This led to her revealing confidential information which was then broadcast on the radio. 3 days later, she committed suicide by hanging.
6Q9W TIL the first and last time the national debt was paid off in full was 1835 by Andrew Jackson.
Ly6r TIL an astronaut once punctured his space suit while on a space walk and didn’t even notice
OxNe TIL A&W made a 1/3 pound Burger to compete with McDonalds’ ¼ pound Burger. The burger was thicker, cheaper, and preferred in taste tests but was failure because Americans can’t math, thinking the “4” in “¼,” is larger than the “3” in “⅓”.
BrQWx TIL: Mr. And Mrs. wasn’t originally short form for mister and missus, but master and mistress