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TIL: Wyclef Jean lied and stole $10 million from the Yele Haiti sham charity he set up

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1Jx8 TIL there’s an amateur auto racing circuit in the U.S. called the 24 Hours of LeMons. Racers have a $500 budget to buy and prepare a used car for the events, and the grand prize winner receives a cash prize of $501.
D1BKY TIL James Buchanan was likely the first gay POTUS.
BgVYe TIL that dismemberment by elephant was a common execution technique in SE Asia.
9xvQ TIL that 14yo Davontae Sanford was coerced into confessing to a quadruple homicide by police in Detroit in 2007. The actual killer later confessed, but Davontae remains in prison serving a 37 to 90 year sentence.
bKKa TIL that Stockholm has a 20-story light up tower and the color of every floor can be changed by anyone with a smartphone. It’s meant to be a statement on the power of democracy and the the public.