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TIL A Chinese Woman Led the Largest and Most Successful Pirate Fleet in History

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EJXP TIL that in the late 1600s London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout “Spanko!” before running away
VB6Nm TIL that Frank Abagnale, the real-life inspiration for Catch Me If You Can, fabricated most of his infamous conman exploits, and much of his story was a hoax.
yVKgJ TIL that there are quiet props for film and TV that replace typically noisy objects (i.e. paper bags)
jNZ8a TIL in 2003 a high school football player set a new record for career passing yardage; he later found out that both teams' coaches had conspired in his last game to ensure he'd beat the record, and he requested that the yardage from that game be expunged from his record, relinquishing the record
nWZXr TIL Jamie Siminoff, inventor of Ring, was rejected by the sharks in ABC's Shark Tank. Five years later, he appeared on the show as a guest shark after selling Ring to Amazon for $1.2 billion.