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TIL a large portion of mercury in fish is from coal-burning power plants

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6ENoQ TIL about David Voelkert, a 38 year-old who befriended a 17 year-old teen on Facebook and told her he wanted to kill his ex-wife. The teen was actually his ex who got him arrested. David was freed after he gave a notorized affidavit to prove he knew all along it was his ex trying to mess with him.
yVv8J TIL NFL coach John McKay's quote saying he was "In Favor" of his teams execution was likely never said by him.
Me580 TIL that Italian hand gestures were born to communicate with someone that spoke a different dialect. Italy has in fact 34 major dialects that are very different from each other and in the past the "standard Italian" was not used.
KYmG4 TIL the 1970s band ABBA wore tax-deductible stage clothing, which under Swedish law had to be so extravagant or unusual that they couldn't reasonably be worn in everyday life. Band member Björn Ulvaeus in 2014 said, "Nobody can have been as badly dressed on stage as we were."
7rJjZ TIL that the Lockheed Scandal caused Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka to be arrested