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TIL that it was once estimated that Vanna White averages over 600 claps per episode of "Wheel of Fortune."

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j6r9N TIL that in 1210, King John of England imprisoned a noble named Maud de Braose with her son William in a dungeon beneath Corfe Castle, and left there to starve to death. When their bodies were retrieved 11 days later, it was found that Maud had eaten parts of her son’s body before she died.
m1jGx TIL About 1 in 5 people living in New Hampshire tie their roots to Ireland.
kOgo5 TIL that the U.S military has been developing a sniper rifle that can be controlled with an Xbox 360 controller while being flown around by an autonomous drone.
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