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TIL the 90's motivational book series "Chicken Soup for the Soul" owns the Redbox DVD rental kiosks

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BrYJy TIL Musician Ritchie Valens (La Bamba) died at the age of 17 in a plane crash, 8 months into his recording career.
oRKo8 TIL despite the "Florence Nightingale Effect" being named for the English nurse, there are no records of her ever falling in love with a patient. The "syndrome" borrows her name because of her famous compassion and tenderness for her patients
J17B1 TIL Portugal didn't dub any feature film in European Portuguese until 1994, when The Lion King came out. Pre-1994 movies were dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese because of a lack of interest from Portuguese companies and the high quality dubbings already made by Brazilians.
Ke7E TIL a man in Florida has collected about 15 million golf balls from golf course water hazards in the past 14 years, selling them for up to $2 each.
nWy4W TIL that Scotland was once home to 2 feet long scorpions