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TIL BMW ran an April Fools ad saying they were giving away a free car. Only one woman showed up in her 15-year old station wagon.. so they gave her a free car. On top of that, her old car was sold off and the proceeds were donated to children with disabilities

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ow9K TIL Mary MacKillop was excommunicated from the Catholic Church in 1871 after reporting a priest for sexually abusing children. 139 years later she was declared a saint by Pope Benedict XVI.
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