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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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VBApQ TIL that Micheal Jackson's "Billy Jean" was inspired by multiple women claiming to have children from his brothers while he was in the Jackson 5, as well as one who sent Micheal a handgun and a time to commit suicide so he would die at the same time as her and her son she claimed to be his.
kO1A5 TIL that Australians give tourists ridiculous advice about avoiding attacks from the drop bear (which is actually a hoax depicted as a predatorial, aggressive version of the koala) to confuse or scare them.
5YQxr TIL an SR-71 Blackbird once flew from Los Angeles to Washington DC in 64 minutes. Average speed: 2,145mph.
ZpbKp TIL that a man who survived an avalanche later found that Sudoku was the only thing that would trigger his epileptic seizures, because oxygen loss had damaged the part of his brain used for visual-spatial thinking.
9wDgG TIL: John Paul Scott is the only inmate from Alcatraz to escape the prison by swimming all the way to San Francisco. However, he was found unconscious by teenagers beneath the Golden Gate Bridge and recaptured. It was thought impossible due to sharks, cold water, sharp rocks, and distance.