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TIL in 1987 Al Sharpton accused a police officer and prosecutor of abducting and raping a 15yo named Tawana Brawley. The girl was lying so she wouldn’t get in trouble for staying out late, both her and Sharpton were later found guilty of slander. Sharpton has never apologized for the incident.

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aw0VN TIL the USSR changed to a six day week to force Christians to work on Sunday and made Christmas a national day of work
D1ZJY TIL The Sound of Music is not completely accurate to the history of the Von Trapp family. The marriage of Maria and Georg was for practical reasons, rather than actual love for one another. Maria wrote, "I really and truly was not in love," but later acknowledged that she enjoyed a happy marriage.
R5Ddj TIL Jeremy Clarkson was almost decapitated when filming an episode of Robot Wars
XroQ TIL the actor who was inside R2-D2 hated the guy who played C-3PO, calling him “the rudest man I’ve ever met.”
k7Am TIL: That Adult Swim isn’t part of Cartoon Network, but two separate networks that share the channel space.