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TIL peanuts grow in a bunch, underground, like potatoes!

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dDX9 TIL a sociopathic 10 year old girl killed two boys. One of the crime scenes was described by the inspector as “There was a terrible playfulness about it…and somehow the playfulness of it made it more, rather than less, terrifying”. She was convicted and then released at the age of 23.
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rRP6o TIL that NBC hired a chimpanzee to co-anchor, 'The Today Show' in the 1950's due to declining ratings. The chimp-human duo was a smash hit, and earned NBC an estimated 100 million dollars over his six years on the show.
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