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TIL That in 2015, rapper Wale befriended and collaborated on an album with Jerry Seinfeld

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OG45Y TIL That is was believed that Tiny Tim had rickets, tuberculosis (TB), polio, and/or cerebral palsy
4kAQR TIL the State of Pennsylvania bans patrons from all casinos in the state if they've left kids unattended in cars at casinos. In a recent 17 month period, nearly 600 children were left alone in 370 incidents.
6EZnw Man-made snow will be almost entirely used for the Beijing Winter Olympics, beginning on February 4.
4XmNX TIL in 1781, 142 slaves were thrown overboard from a slave ship. The crew claimed they were low on drinking water and had killed the slaves to save it-this claim was disputed. The slaves had been insured. The case brought major attention to abolition.
9pWp TIL That some parents will have a child for the expressed purpose of harvesting their organs for another child. They are called “Savior Siblings”.