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TIL Undercover cops in England had children with the political activists they were spying on

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epMNk TIL A cat in Connecticut was once placed under house arrest by a judge for allegedly attacking and frightening neighbors
XE1VE TIL then 13 year-old Danielle Lei, a Girl Scout in San Francisco, was the first Girl Scout to make news by selling cookies outside a marijuana dispensary. She sold 117 boxes in 2 hours.
neE7b TIL American socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein was introduced to her billionaire husband, Alec N Wildenstein, by a Saudi arms dealer named Adnan Khashoggi. In 1999, she received $2.5 billion in the divorce and $100 million each year after for 13 years. She declared bankruptcy in 2018.
m1PNx TIL that Willie, a heroic parrot, saved a choking girl by alerting his owner, Megan Howard, who then performed the Heimlich maneuver and rescued her.
m1kBv TIL the province of Guangdong in southern China has 126 million people in an area smaller than the state of Missouri.