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TIL: FL woman sent thousands of dollars to Peru to help suspected killer Joran Van der Sloot with his defense.

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Rkn8 TIL that composer Charles Ives proposed that a 20th Amendment should be added to the U.S. Constitution that allowed people to submit legislative proposals to Congress. Members of Congress would then cull the proposals, selecting 10 each year as referendums for popular vote by the nation’s electorate
xVLe0 TIL that Jonathan Freeman, the original voice actor for Jafar in Aladdin, also plays Jafar in the Broadway version of Aladdin. That makes him the only actor in the Disney broadway shows to play the animated and real life version of a Disney character.
v1jA8 TIL that on January 9, 1493 Christopher Columbus sees 3 mermaids and described them as "Not half as beautiful as they are painted". They were Manatees.
l7LB1 TIL the current Spanish-language World Champion for Scrabble has previously also won the French-language and English-language championships. A New Zealander, he only speaks English.
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