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TIL that in 2023, a kidnapper tried to abduct an 8 year old girl, but her 13 year old brother saved her by shooting the kidnapper with his slingshot until he ran off. A 17 year old was later arrested with wounds to his head and chest.

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LR7p TIL in 1982 Key West seceded from the US as a protest against their actions. Then they declared war and surrendered after 1 minute, but in 1995 they attacked the US by firing water cannons from fireboats and hitting people with stale Cuban bread. They are today known as the “Conch Republic.”
KONA4 TIL before Judy Garland landed the role of Dorothy Gale, it was offered to Shirley Temple, and Deanna Durbin. Temple would have played the role if her studio let her out of her contract, and Durbin flat out refused the role.
Z8Bmv TIL all female mammals have a clitoris
NorJ TIL the 1902 Saint-Pierre Volcano eruption killed all 35,000 people in the town except one man who survived because he was the worst prisoner and lived in a solitary confinement cell.
QNdg6 TIL Springfield from the Simpsons is commonly depicted as being located in an unnamed 51st state that exists at the tri-point of Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska. The State's Capital City is named "Capital City" and it supposedly has 2000 McDonald's Locations.