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TIL A woman was convicted of murder of her son. Authorities suspected antifreeze poisoning. After she went to prison, Stallings gave birth to another child; he was diagnosed with methylmalonic acidemia, a medical condition that can mimic antifreeze poisoning. Stallings was then released from prison.

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5NDn TIL the oldest surviving spears in the world are some 300,000 years old and not even made by Homo Sapiens
NXw1E TIL that actor and writer Mike O'Malley (Yes, Dear) had a 1999 self-titled sitcom that lasted for a week due to low ratings and negative reviews, leaving 11 out of 13 episodes unaired.
E0DV TIL in 1994, the pilot of an Aeroflot Airbus A310 allowed his son to sit at the controls during a flight. The boy inadvertently turned off the autopilot controls, sending the plane into hillside and killing all 75 aboard.
kPn1 TIL Irena Sendlar, the “Oskar Schindler,” smuggled 2500 Jewish infants out of the Warsaw Ghetto during WW2. When caught by the Nazis she had her limbs broken and was beaten. When nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize she lost to Al Gore, who made a PowerPoint slideshow on global warming.
oR1Xo TIL that the long s, written as ſ but pronounced the same way as the letter s, was used in written English until the early 19th century.