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TIL the word “factoid” was invented by Norman Mailer in his 1973 biography of Marylin Monroe. He defined it as things which are not necessarily true, but are repeated so often people think they are.

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engn TIL that the movie Akeelah and the Bee was produced by Starbucks.
ZovR TIL 8,900 children in the USA receive amputations each year due to lawn mower accidents
KA9w TIL that Roger Ebert wrote three movies, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Up! and Beyond the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens. All skin flicks,
k6pW TIL that there is a belief among creationist Christians that Charles Darwin on his deathbed recanted his studies on evolution to the evangelist “Lady Hope”. This of course, never happened and the two never actually ever met.
J1KLB TIL Battle of the Overpass occurred in 1937 when UAW organizers tried to hand out unionization leaflets but were attacked by Ford's quasi-military security service. Ford then tried to destroy the photographic evidence but one photographer managed to sneak some out under the back seat of his car.