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TIL Brooke Shields’ father’s family paid her mother a sum of money to abort her. Her mother took the money but refused to honor the agreement.

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5xmR TIL, in 1981, a man who had been bullying residents of a small Missouri town was murdered in broad daylight when 46 townspeople rose up against him, in an act of vigilante justice. No charges were ever filed despite their being 30 - 40 witness to the shooting.
yQJAa TIL During WW2, because Ireland remained neutral during the conflict, many Irish soldiers deserted and joined Britain's military to fight the Nazis. Ireland deprived these soldiers of pension, unemployment benefits, and public sector jobs (for 7 years) as punishment.
yvJe TIL, on average, 5 people are killed by sharks every year while 11,000 sharks are killed by people every hour.
Lkjod TIL Angelina Jordan, a 14 y.o. singer who won Norway's Got Talent in 2014, always performs barefoot because when aged 6 she met a girl living on the streets without shoes- Angelina gave this girl her shoes and vowed never to appear on stage again wearing shoes until all the world’s children had them
woxdY TIL that Australia has an alternative to the Easter Bunny known as Easter Bilby