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TIL That Cop killer Donald Eugene Webb was on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted list for longer than anyone else at the time, and never captured. Turns out the reason for that is his wife was secretly hiding him at her own house and after he died she buried him on her property.

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4k6R6 TIL In December 2016, a right-to-life lawsuit against actress Sofia Vergara was initiated in Louisiana with Vergara's frozen embryos as plaintiffs. The embryos were named "Emma" and "Isabella" in the lawsuit, and their "trustee" was listed as James Charbonnet, a New Orleans resident (zero relation).
8aj1P TIL that in 2019, Brazilian pоlіce seized a parrot who had been taught to alert criminals to pоlіce operations by shouting: "Mum, the pоlіce!" After being seized, the parrot didn't cooperate with the pоlіce, staying completely silent and not saying anything
69eJQ TIL that there are tonsils in the human brain. The cerebellar tonsils are structures on the underside of the cerebellum, at the back of the brain. Also, TIL 'flocculonodular' is an actual word for a particular lobe of the cerebellum.
W7XaX TIL that in 1940 Hans and Margret Rey, a Jewish couple, fled Paris on bicycles they built themselves as the Nazis invaded. They carried with them the manuscript for their children’s book, “Curious George”.
AEbx TIL Rapper and Actor Ice T admitted to conducting take-over bank robberies in the early- to mid-1980s on Adam Carolla podcast, after the statute of limitations had expired.