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TIL Evan Chandler, the man who accused Michael Jackson of molesting his son, committed suicide 4 months after Jackson's death.

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1apJ4 TIL actor Ed O'Neil's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was placed in front of a shoe store
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4yvJ TIL Volkswagen paid a $120k fine to the EPA in 1973 for using “defeat devices” to disable pollution-control systems
MeZkK TIL Tropical rainforests cover less than 3% of Earth's area, yet they are home to more than half our planet's terrestrial animal species. Bengal tigers, mountain gorillas, orangutans, jaguars, and blue poison dart frogs are just a few of the magnificent animals found in rainforests.
b9b5Q TIL that when cremating a body the "ashes" you get back are actually just pulverized bone.