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TIL of Joe Maggard. He lied for years through the media that he portrayed Ronald McDonald in the 90's (he was actually only a lighting stand-in for 2 commercials). He was convicted in 1999 of making harassing phone calls - he would always pose as Ronald and call people, scaring and threatening them.

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GYly1 TIL of Baby Nancy, a girl who died shortly after birth. Her father, an officer on the USS Utah, brought her ashes aboard with the plan to bury her at sea. During the Japanese attack, he escaped the ship but could not rescue Nancy's ashes, and they are still in his locker to this day.
Vk5k TIL that a Thai woman accidentally slipped on “farmyard mud,” grabbed a naked live wire and got electrocuted to death. After the funeral, her sister was showing her neighbors how the accident happened when she herself slipped, grabbed the same live wire and also got electrocuted to death.
QNRAa TIL that the bus service from London, England to Calcutta, India (now Kolkata) was considered to be the longest bus route in the world. The bus service, which started in 1957, was routed to India via Belgium, Yugoslavia and North Western India.This route is also known as the Hippie Route.
7XWr TIL the first animal to ask an existential question was from a parrot named Alex. He asked what color he was, and learned that it was “grey”
l7nNV TIL: Tokugawa Tsunayoshi was known as the dog shogun for his protections of dogs. During the his reign Edo became overrun with dogs.