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TIL that people are less inclined to believe a statement is true when it is written in Comic Sans compared to five other fonts.

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6jJJ TIL Michael Jordan sued two Chicago grocery chains for using his name when they placed ads congratulating him on being elected to the Basketball hall of fame
ybVv TIL there is a documentary that has followed the lives of 14 British children since 1964
pdA TIL, some time before the last books were written, Daniel Radcliffe asked J.K. Rowling if his character would die at the end of the series. After a long pause, she replied, “You get a death scene.”
XEn98 TIL that well before Nathan Phillips was in the spotlight of the 2019 Lincoln Memorial Incident, he was featured in the Skrillex and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley music video, “Make it Bun Dem”, which has amassed over 450 million views.
mxmXo TIL the Waters & Sons firm in 1868 developed a process for making boats out of paper. At the peak of their popularity, they built simple single-person boats to a 45-foot "pleasure barge," which could comfortably seat 23 people. In 1875 they became the "largest boat factory in the United States."