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TIL of the very mysterious death of Edgar Allen Poe

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NwmQ TIL that when Canadian reporter Mellissa Fung was kidnapped by bandits in Afghanistan, Afghan intelligence identified the kidnapper, kidnapped his family, and then demanded Fung’s release with no ransom paid
jGmN TIL that a man having a seizure on subway tracks was rescued by a stranger. The rescuer jumped down onto the man and compressed him down by laying on him as five cars passed over him.
P68e TIL nobody is sure how the academy awards came to be called “Oscars”
8erVa TIL that Texas is the only state with three cities over one million people.
Nkx8 TIL “Serenity” was the first high definition movie to be cracked and torrented.