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TIL that due to thousands of different commercial glitters, identical glitter particles can be compelling evidence that a suspect has been at a crime scene.

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x6k5b TIL after the death of Larry Hillblom on 1995, several children and their mothers from across South East Asia claimed he was their father. As no DNA from Larry was available due to him dying in a plane crash, the probate court searched for claimants with shared DNA
lo7Yr TIL Darrell from Storage Wars once found a murdered corpse in one of his units
xV7D5 TIL Eugene Merle Shoemaker is the only person with remains placed on a celestial body outside Earth. On July 18, 1997 Shoemaker died in a car crash while on an expedition for crater sites in Australia. On July 31, 1999, some of his ashes were carried to the Moon by the Lunar Prospector space probe.
LQByZ TIL ‘River monster’ on Animal Planet ended as the host Jeremy said they’ve run out of monsters to uncover and he has checked off a lot on his list.
K9GQ TIL that in 2009, 3 Monarch caterpillars were sent into space and returned safely as butterflies in 2010.