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TIL Dolly Parton wrote "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" in the same day.

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Eb6x TIL Warren buffett made 99% of his income after he turned 50. At the age of 85, he is one of the richest man on earth having net worth $66.7 billion.
rNAAM TIL the “L” in salmon is silent
neaJ7 TIL a 61-year-old Texas home brewer came into an emergency room completely hammered with a 0.37% BAC, claiming that he hadn’t had a sip of booze. Turns out the yeast in his stomach fermented sugars from the food he was eating into ethanol.
woJLo TIL about the SS Eastland, which rolled over while docked in the Chicago River, killing 844 people. The incident is considered the biggest loss of life on the North American Great Lakes.
xKR1 TIL that in 2008, a woman’s 4 year old child was struck and killed by a drunk driver while they were crossing the street. Because she hadn’t been in a crosswalk, the Police charged the woman for 2nd degree vehicular homicide, and Jaywalking.