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TIL Fred Crisman hoaxed a UFO sighting, created a secret society, hosted a conservative talk show, was an official suspect in the JFK assassination, and claimed to have battled non-human cave monsters in WW2.

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N7p06 TIL When Micheal Jordan signed his first professional contract it came with a unique clause allowing participation in competitive off-season pickup games. Specifically, this clause allowed for Jordan's "Love of the game" (a desire to play anywhere, anytime), regardless of potential liability.
PypL TIL That Ancient Christians made Jesus’s birth date the same day as the roman holiday Saturnalia in an attempt to convert Pagans to Christianity. Nowhere in the Bible did it actually state that this was when Jesus was born.
L8YQ TIL Alabama has one of the most diverse ecosystems in North America, and is known as “America’s Amazon”.
ZpD1v TIL that in the late 1800's and early 1900's, gambling on US elections was extremely widespread. In New York, the amount of money spent on betting on elections would often exceed the total trading in stocks and bonds. Since there weren't modern polls, betting odds were how newspaper predicted races.
JY068 TIL Alex McLeish, Ex-Rangers Football Club Manager, was told by his son whom was an ardent player of the football managing simulator ‘Football manager’ to sign a player from Barcelona B. Alex McLeish ignored the advice and claimed, ‘We’ll never hear about him again’. The player was Lionel Messi.