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TIL the Jane Fonda story of betraying American POWs is false. Video of one of the POWs refuting the claim in article.

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E1DQw TIL: When Floyd Mayweather Jr. Was a child his father used him as a human shield to prevent getting shot with a 20 gauge shotgun
oPdL TIL that 17th century astronomer Johannes Kepler, who was unable to publish his dissertation as it contradicted the geocentric model held by the Catholic church, decided to rewrite it as a work of fiction about a man traveling to the moon. It is now considered the first modern science fiction novel.
aw1kJ TIL the US gave Mexico 461 acres of land 70 years after an irrigation company redirected the Rio Grande.
VMBbB TIL that because a patch of clovers usually contains around 10,000 plants in 13 square feet, you only have to search an area around the size of an office desk to find a four leaf clover.
NbEM TIL That World Fairs are still happening and the next one will be in 2015 at Milan