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TIL that a woman faked her entire tragedy and the loss of her husband during the 9/11 attacks and became President of the Support Network in New York

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OGEm4 TIL that during one July, 2007 segment of Fox & Friends they described the children's TV host Fred Rogers as evil for supposedly encouraging generations of children to grow up with a sense of self-entitlement. They also used titles such as "Blame Mr. Rogers," and "Was Mr. Rogers Wrong?"
eo74 TIL that In New Zealand, BMW posted a newspaper advertisement that said bring in your old car and they’ll swap it for a brand new one. No one came as everyone thought this as an April fool prank but, it turns out the offer was real and a lady swapped an old Nissan Avenir for a brand new BMW.
BrJED TIL: Dennis Rodman's height was only 5'6 as a high school freshman and he never made the varsity basketball team. He decided to give basketball another chance when he hit another growth spurt after graduating high school and working as a janitor. He grew to be 6 feet 7 inches.
Z8WBG TIL When Bruce Lee was 17, he won a Boxing Tournament put on by 12 Hong Kong schools even though he had no formal training in boxing.
lOEG TIL a gamer once complained on the Runic Games forums that a specific camera effect made a game unplayable for her due to a rare eye condition. Mere hours later, and early on a Sunday morning, the developers released a patch that added a user toggle for the effect