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TIL that the 1993 film 'Sleepless in Seattle' inspired a real-life love story between a widower in Seattle who appeared on The Oprah Winfrey show and a Californian woman who responded through letters. They have been together for 28 years.

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968r TIL Operation CHAOS was a domestic espionage project conducted by the CIA to spy on the student antiwar movement
grXJL TIL Technetium was the first artificially created element of periodic table filling the gap of Eka manganese noticed by Mendeelev.
Br7dy TIL Bobby Dunbar was a 4 year old boy who disappeared in 1914. After 8 months, authorities found a boy who they believed was him. Bobby’s parents, after some initial reluctance, agreed. The boy was taken from his home and given to them. In 2004, DNA testing proved he wasn’t the real Bobby.
XwVE TIL British grenades in WWI originally had a timer of seven seconds, but that was found to be too long as it gave the Germans time to throw the bomb back. Therefore, the time was reduced to four seconds.
VbQB TIL that the UK is the first country in the world to approve the creation of babies using three peoples DNA.