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TIL Bell Labs still exists as a subsidiary of Nokia.

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ADM9l TIL An Extinct Bird Re-Evolved Itself Back Into Existence
69VDZ TIL that when the Ottomans invaded Wallachia, they found 23,844 impaled Turks, that Vlad The Impaler had left for them.
gVQ4 TIL that in 2013, a 15 year old Alabama boy committed suicide after learning he might be placed on the sex offender registry after “streaking” at a high school football game.
PY1XG TIL Vulture population has decreased by 99%+ in India because Diclofenac/Voltaren, commonly used to treat cattle, is lethal to them.
wMo6 TIL that Shareef Cousin, a 16 year old who was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death (after much prosecutorial misconduct) for a murder he didn’t commit, lost his civil suit against the police and D.A. on the basis that prosecutors have absolute immunity.