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TIL Alcohol is the most dangerous drug to withdrawal from.
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TIL that a Marylin Monroe impersonator lives in the real Marylin Monroe's old house.
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TIL That a British PoW captured by the Germans in World War I was freed to see his dying mother - but went back to the prison camp after giving the Kaiser ‘his word’ he would return.
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TIL In 2006, The original 100 year old plaque from The Big Apple Jazz Club in Harlem (from which New York City gets its nickname) was rescued from the trash when a Popeyes fast food restaurant tore down the original building.
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TIL televangelist Pat Robertson had extensive business with West African warlord Charles Taylor, who "has been found responsible for aiding and abetting as well as planning some of the most heinous and brutal crimes in recorded human history" and sentenced to 50 years for crimes against humanity.
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TIL India has an estimated 47 million runaway youths. Familial mistreatment, and disapproval over love lives, are cited as some of the main reasons for why they run away. In rural areas, if an eloping couple is caught, the boy may face an assault charge from the parents of the girl.