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TIL that the singer Duffy disappeared from the spotlight for years to recover from being "raped and drugged and held hostage over some days"

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RNwj TIL that the Lyme disease bacteria is actually transmitted from mice to ticks. And that humans have greatly contributed to outbreaks by causing forest fragmentation and killing predators.
AG07 TIL a Las Vegas mental hospital used commercial buses to “dump” more than 1,500 psychiatric patients in 48 states over five years.
M7b0W TIL that in 1863, when Harriet Tubman was under the command of Union Colonel James Montgomery, she became the first woman to lead a major military operation in the United States when she and 150 African American Union soldiers rescued more than 700 slaves in the Combahee Ferry Raid in the Civil War.
1a6Gd TIL Electronic Arts is not even in the top 5 companies in terms of game sales in 2016. The top spot goes to Tencent, a Chinese company that makes casual games for the QQ messaging client. They raked in over twice as much profit as EA last year.
bJLZ TIL a chemistry grad student accidentally synthesized the chemical MPTP and gave himself Parkinsonian Syndrome while trying to make opioids - accidentally advancing Parkinson’s research at his own expense