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TIL there is a statue of the witch Samantha from TV's Bewitched in Salem, Massachusetts.

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VBGOp TIL Pablo Escobar, the infamous Colombian drug lord, invested millions in developing Medellín's impoverished neighborhoods. He funded the construction of housing complexes, parks, football stadiums, hospitals, schools, and churches, earning him a reputation among some as "Robin Hood."
o7WW TIL that Conan O'Brien graduated as valedictorian of his high school, and then went to Harvard University where he graduated magna cum laude.
LkX99 TIL of eight deaths related to ingesting liquid laundry packets (i.e. Tide Pods) in the U.S. between 2012 and early 2017 that have been reported to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, only two of the cases were actually children, with six of them being adults with dementia.
mWJM TIL the Netherlands arrested a Russian diplomat for mistreating his children. Two weeks later, a senior Dutch diplomat was beaten up in his security-heavy home in Moscow by anonymous thugs.
KOnB4 TIL that despite Diogenes' notoriety for philosophical stunts, including his exchanges with Plato and Alexander the great, the philosopher has no surviving written works. Considered to be one of the founders of cynicism, Diogenes is said to have written 10 books, 7 tragedies and a volume of letters.