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TIL about The Legend of Jon Dowd. Due to Barry Bones not allowing his likeness in MVP Baseball 2005 they created a player using his attributes and the name of an assistant producer. His ability in the game led him to be regarded as one of the best virtual athletes of all time.

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R7y9a TIL that during the 1965 Algerian coup d'état that overthrew Ahmed Ben Bella, army units who were moving through the streets of Algiers didn't raise alarm because they were mistaken for extras for the film "The Battle of Algiers", which was being filmed in the capital at the time.
W7yG4 TIL the telemarketing industry relies on prison labor
4kAN6 TIL when dinosaurs roamed Earth, there were active volcanoes on the moon
B7mr TIL that after betraying their mission and informing the FBI about Nazi agents on U.S. soil, the two men who saved America from Nazi infiltration were greeted with life imprisonment, threat of execution, and deportation.
a9QM TIL Sadhus, Indian holy men, renunciate this world to the point that they attend their own funeral and even the Indian government recognizes them as legally dead.