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TIL not one shopping mall has been built in the United States since 2006

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p8OEQ TIL about Pistorius, champion disabled runner, allegedly killed his girlfriend. Sentenced to 5 years and released in 2015. An appeal reincarcerated him in 2016 due to release 2019. Another appeal doubled his sentence. Now eligible for parole 2023.
PpYL TIL That for 30 years and through most of his acting career John Goodman was a raging alcoholic, saying “If I’d picture in my mind a drink—usually straight out of the ­bottle—I couldn’t not do it.” He’s been sober since 2007.
6WgY TIL that aspartame, the artificial sweetener, is made from genetically modified E.coli poop
LQX5v TIL most plants grow faster in the evening and at night than they do during the day.
9w7OD TIL Nellie Bly, the journalist who went undercover as a patient to investigate a mental health asylum, was also the same person to first travel the world in under 80 days