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TIL j.K. Rowling has donated so much to charities that she is no longer a billionaire

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ak4b TIL that in 1986 a federal prisoner escaped during a prisoner transfer. A week later he returned in a stolen helicopter and broke out his girlfriend.
GYGR5 TIL Ang Mey was one of few female rulers in Cambodia's history. Installed on the Cambodian throne by the Vietnamese, all Cambodian women were ordered to wear Vietnamese-style pyjamas and the market sold only Vietnamese food
VBmA0 TIL when making the cover art for Pink Floyd's 1976 album "Animals," a 12-meter large inflatable pig broke loose and floated over Heathrow, causing flights to be canceled. The pig eventually landed in a farmer's field in Kent, scaring the cows.
lVBG TIL in 1826, Joseph Smith (founder of Mormonism) was brought before a Chenango County court for “glass-looking”, or pretending to find lost treasure.
RbAa TIL that Rob Zombie was a production assistant on Pee Wee’s Playhouse before he became a famous rocker.