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TIL that Charles Manson’s mother once sold him to a woman for a pitcher of beer and then his uncle had to find the woman to get him back

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GbZg TIL that astronaut Sunita Williams was the first person to run a marathon in space, finishing in 4 hours and 24 minutes on a treadmill aboard the International Space Station.
E0Qw TIL that a 12 year old enlisted in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He won a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart before the Navy found out how old he was.
AM0w TIL that to be one of the “1%”, a person needs an annual income of $388,905, an increase of 5.2% from a year earlier.
OomDX TIL that a parking garage in Derby, UK was once listed by BBC Focus as one of the 10 most secure locations in the world, along with Fort Knox, Air Force One, and Area 51.
04p1 TIL that Bill Nye’s only marriage lasted only for seven weeks and that he actually had to get a restraining order against his ex after she poured weed killer in his garden