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TIL Ötzi, the european mummy, had 61 tattoos, which are considered to be the oldest tattoos in the world

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agko TIL Anderson Cooper, soon after graduating college, forged a press pass and gained entrance to Myanmar to meet with students fighting the Burmese government. He was ultimately able to sell his home-made news segments to Channel One, launching his journalism career.
OOBY TIL around 87% of Ontario residents aren’t aware The Beer Store monopoly is not run by the government.
0d1GR TIL that "DB Cooper" was not the actual alias used by the infamous hijacker. It was the one that was mistakingly reported in the press and quickly spread.
5YQek TIL American Noah Webster is primarily responsible for the differences between American and British spelling, but many of his changes never stuck, such as medicine=medicin, ache=ake, soup=soop, tongue=tung, women=wimmen, and weather=wether
KOX1a TIL that in 2005 someone stole Judy Garland's ruby red slippers from the Wizard of Oz film, while on they were on display in Minnesota. They have never been found and there is currently a $1 million dollar reward for there return.