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TIL That a Romanian gypsy is the youngest grandmother in the world at age 23. She had her daughter when she was 12 and in turn her daughter had her first child at 11.

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XEn6r TIL that in 1862, the District of Columbia Emancipation Act paid those loyal to the Union up to $300 for every enslaved person freed. The largest individual payout was $18,000 for 69 slaves, which is equal to $556,024.34 in 2020.
ANgKB TIL of the Dinner Set Gang, a jewelry heist ring ran by 2 Italian brother-in-laws who would burglarize wealthy couples homes for their jewels during dinner, leaving the rest of their homes deserted. Notable victims included The Flagler, Dupont and Pillsbury families as well as the pianist Liberace.
ZgwR TIL that after the “Miracle on the Hudson”, where an Airbus A320 ditched into the Hudson River after colliding with a flock of geese, the US Department of Agriculture and Wildlife services gassed 1,235 Canadian Geese and coated 1,739 of their eggs in corn oil to suffocate the offspring.
gMnmL TIL that Benjamin Franklin predicted the time of death of a fellow almanac publisher in his own almanac. When the date came and passed with nothing happening, Franklin published the obituary anyway, and insisted that the still-alive man was actually being impersonated by someone else.
rNrr0 TIL the theme music for NBA on NBC broadcasts, "Roundball Rock," that soundtracked the network's NBA coverage from 1990 to 2002 - during periods when NBC didn't broadcast the NBA - was used as NBC's theme for its Olympic basketball coverage, first in 2008 and then in every Summer Olympics since 2016