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TIL The village of Waterproof, Louisiana sits two and a half miles from it's original 1830's location having been moved three times due to flood waters

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aWbb TIL the man that founded the Backstreet Boys is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence for perpetrating one of the largest and longest-running Ponzi schemes in American history, cheating investors out of $300 million.
10k4 TIL that the founder and CEO of a Greek yogurt company (Chobani) was a Turkish immigrant who came to the U.S. with only $3,000 and bought an abandoned factory, and started producing yogurt. Now, his company generates over a billion dollars in revenue.
XEX0R TIL that Magda and Joseph Goebbels in the last days of WWII and while confined to the Führerbunker, arranged to have all 6 of their children killed with cyanide as they slept. They believed the children would support their decision to commit suicide if they were old enough to speak for themselves.
rYQ4 TIL There is an annual competition called Eco Marathon where universities, enthusiasts, and major car companies try to build the most fuel-efficient vehicles. For a combustion engine the current record is 3,410 km per litre (8,020 mpg).
a8gJM TIL of Clare Hollingworth. She was the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II, which was described as the “scoop of the century”. She lived to 105.