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TIL that David Attenborough has more letters after his name than in it

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yVLQJ TIL that in 1979, Elf, a French oil compagny, lost over $150 million in a scam. Alain de Villegas, a Belgian Count, had led ELF officials to believe that a company had created a machine capable of detecting oil fields from the air. The scandal is known as the "Avions Renifleurs" ("Sniffer Planes").
Bgaab TIL that the earliest working type of escalator was patented in 1892 by Jesse W. Reno, and was actually introduced in 1896 as a novelty ride at Coney Island, a theme park in New York.
lolVV TIL that because Beethoven was so respected, but also irritable, the Archduke Rudolph decreed that the usual rules of court etiquette did not apply to him.
yQdVJ TIL Keanu Reeves was sued for assault by a paparazzo who slipped while taking Reeves picture. It took 18 months for the case to go to trial and 1 hour for the jury to dismiss it.
V5YB TIL: Keanu Reeves was once forced into playing a serial killer due to a friend forging his signature on a contract. To avoid a lengthy legal process, Keanu just took the job.