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TIL an American woman was arrested for letting her kids play outside supervised

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N7gDe TIL Adélie penguins have been observed to engage in necrophilia, as young males often cannot tell the difference between compliant and dead females. This was first observed in 1912 but was deemed too shocking, and so was only rediscovered in 2012.
E1g5o TIL butterscotch is made with butter and brown sugar. Toffee is made with the same ingredients, but cooked longer.
m1xJO TIL Mariam Soulakiotis, a Greek serial killer known as the Women Rasputin. She was a nun and allegedly killed 177 people at her monastery. She would torture wealthy women, making them donate all their money, before killing them. She also allegedly caused the deaths of 150 children by mistreating TB.
JEEV TIL that actress Joan Chen was discovered at the age of 14 when the wife of Mao Zedong noticed her excellent rifle marksmanship.
ADXon TIL that songwriter Esther Dean composed “S&M” for Rihanna, then was later cast as Cynthia Rose in the Pitch Perfect movies. This means in the “riff-off” scene in the first movie, Esther got to sing her own song, but as a completely different person. Full circle.