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TIL of Guy Goma, who was accidentally interviewed live on BBC News as an expert while only there for an interview as an accountant

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rMd1 TIL Canada’s 1886 Indian Act defined “person” as “an individual other than an Indian”
loKBB TIL regular soap does not kill germs on your skin. It just makes your skin less adhesive so the germs and grime can be washed away.
KXm4 TIL that after reading the script to Schindler’s List, composer John Williams said to Spielberg “You need a better composer” to which Spielberg replied “I know, but they’re all dead”.
kOJxd TIL that Darko Milicic, who was drafted 2nd overall in the 2003 NBA draft (before Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh) is currently an apple farmer in Serbia.
5YwMR TIL the Apollo 11 rock presented to Ireland was accidentally discarded in a landfill known as the Dunsink Landfill in October 1977 following a fire that consumed the Meridian room library at the Dublin Dunsink Observatory where the rock was displayed.