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TIL that the con-artist, Frank Abagnale, from Catch Me if You Can, lied about most of the story. His book retelling his "crimes" was the only successful con he ever pulled.

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VReD TIL a bass player for Iggy & The Stooges enlisted in the US army, he wanted to go to Vietnam due to the cheap heroin available there.
5DDD TIL Frank Sinatra was so pissed off at George Michael for lamenting the “tragedy of fame,” he sent him a letter saying “The tragedy of fame is when no one shows up and you’re singing to the cleaning lady”
JRg1 TIL the USS Pueblo crewmen stuck up their middle finger in photos when they were captured in North Korea. They said it was a “Hawaiian Good Luck sign”. Then the TIME magazine ran a photo and wrote the real explanation. The next day the Koreans found out what it meant, and the crewmen were tortured.
Gv9N TIL that ants can count and make small addition / substraction
jgXj Til Macho Man Randy Savage Was A Professional Baseball Player