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TIL that actress Alicia Witt's parents were found frozen to death in their Massachusetts home in December 2021.They refused help on home repairs repeatedly.

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MXVA TIL that a canine POW name Judy protected her fellow inmates from beatings by attacking the guards. Sentenced to death for bad behavior, Judy hid out in the jungles of Sumatra and supplemented her diet with snakes and monkeys. After the war she was awarded the Dicken Medal for bravery.
b9xmE TIL an Australian man typed every number from one to one million in words on his typewriter. It took him a total of 16 years to complete.
9YoR6 TIL that the han dynasty was founded because a sheriff let a few inmates escape and didn’t want to die.
mP9R TIL that the Space Shuttle couldn’t fly on new years day / eve because it couldn’t handle the year rollover
joEj TIL that US senators sought to ban ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ from theaters for “[making] the Senate look like a bunch of crooks”