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TIL that after much of his memoir "A Million Little Pieces" was discovered to be fictional in 2006, James Frey went on to have a successful career as a novelist and screenwriter.

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OGBZR TIL about Francis Henning, who made upwards of half a million counterfeit nickels. Called: Henning Nickels, many were later recovered, melted down, and made into actual nickels by the US Mint. Despite remaining illegal to own, they are a numismatic collector's item, some being relatively valuable.
wjoJ TIL That Elevators contain mirrors in order to make the elevator seem larger to help people who are claustrophobic.
mAOP TIL six people attempted to steal cobalt-60 rods from a chemical plant in the Chechen Republic. One of them died from radiation exposure thirty minutes after opening the containers for the rods and handling the contents.
M7OOK TIL that 70 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Joseph and Mary Tape filed suit against a San Francisco school principal and the city's board of education for denying their American-born 8 year-old daughter Mamie an education due to her Chinese heritage. They won.
J1MEQ TIL that some spanish teams are called 'Real' meaning royal, because it's bestowed on them by the royal family of spain