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TIL 5 children died in australia when a bouncy castle went airborne from gusts of wind

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LQeL9 TIL that the character, Yajirobe, from the popular manga/anime series, Dragon Ball, killed, cooked and consumed a newborn Namekian.
ADnv4 TIL about the scholarship instituted by the Irish commemorating the 170$ donation sent by the Native American Choctaw tribe during the Irish famine in 1847
X7n6 TIL James Earl Jones was only paid $7,000 for his work as Darth Vader. If he had taken points instead he would have made 10’s of millions of dollars.
p8d4Z TIL In 2011 billionaire Oprah Winfrey found out she has a sister she never knew existed and now takes care of her financially because Oprah was so impressed by her sisters loyalty. She spent 4 years trying to contact Oprah with no luck and never once tried to sell the story to the press.
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