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TIL Michael Jackson, Marlon Brando, and Liz Taylor all allegedly got into a car and fled NYC after 9/11. They took turns driving and had to stop at multiple KFCs for the former Godfather star

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8eBLZ TIL about Tommy Prince,a member of the Devil's Brigade, the grandson of a chief who negotiated Treaties 1 and 2 in Manitoba, the most highly decorated indigenous soldier in Canadian history, and an early advocate for the abolition of the Indian Act in favour of respecting treaty rights.
Wk5M9 TIL while modern Icelanders' paternal ancestry is primarily (75%) Norse, most of their maternal ancestry (62%) is from Scotland/Ireland
BrNQD TIL The amazing James Randi exposed a fraudulent "Faith Healer" named Peter Popoff who was using a ear mic to fool believers into divine healing.
W7wd9 TIL that it is absolutely dangerous to swallow button batteries, because the battery reacts with bodily fluids and releases a strong alkaline substance which can burn through tissue.
4XkGR TIL that in 1943, due to a player shortage caused by WWII, The Pittsburgh Steelers and The Philadelphia Eagles merged and were known as the Steagles.