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TIL that in 2012, someone put a 6 foot tall fork sculpture in a fork-in-the-road. When it was taken down, citizens put a sign up that stated “Why the fork not?” and continued to try to place various forks in the area.

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We1Y TIL on July 27, 2007, 2 News Helicopters collided while live on the air and covering a police chase. Despite the best efforts of the stations, one of the audio feeds from a helicopter continued to broadcast the screams of a crew as they plummeted to their deaths.
5kJB TIL that in 1923, Frank Hayes became the first ever jockey to win a horse race despite being dead. He died from a heart attack mid-race but somehow his body stayed strapped onto the horse and he crossed the finish line in first place, beating 20-1 odds.
Oo6Pa TIL about Lonelygirl15, one of the earliest successes on Youtube less than 2 years after launch: what seemed like an authentic teenage girl's vlog was actually a scripted series that kept its fictional status hidden for several months, and stayed a success even when people learned it was scripted
yOYa TIL In 1960, runner Harry Jerome broke the world record for 100 metre sprint, but it wasn’t counted because Canadian officials didn’t believe a Canadian could run that fast.
D1eLe TIL Jeff Bezos funded a team that searched the Atlantic Ocean for discarded NASA rockets. By 2013, the team salvaged two rockets. After careful inspection, the team realized they found part of the rockets used to carry Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the moon on Apollo 11.