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TIL There are no words with a silent v. This is the only letter, in all accents, that refuses to be silent.

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VlNp TIL DMX has fathered 12 children… and filed for bankruptcy because of child support payments
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MeeJ0 TIL of Richard Ricci, a suspect in the disappearance of Elizabeth Smart. He died of an aneurysm while in police custody in 2002 after two months of proclaiming his innocence and enduring interrogations. His wife never fully recovered from the heartbreak and committed suicide in 2015.
xx5w TIL that the Gotham General Hospital blown up in the film, The Dark Knight, was an actual abandoned building in Chicago, IL that had housed the administration of what was once the world’s largest candy factory (Brach’s).
0wka1 TIL the first animal to ask an existential question was from a parrot named Alex. He asked what color he was, and learned that it was "grey".