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TIL a Guatemalan boy saw soldiers come into his village and murder his parents along with the rest of the village, was adopted and raised in an abusive household by one of the men who massacred the villagers, and later gave testimony that sent the killer to prison with a 6,000 year sentence

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OoWk1 TIL Laurel Hubbard pleaded guilty to careless driving causing injury after an incident in 2018 which left a driver with severe spinal injuries. Hubbard was discharged without conviction.The judge ordered that Hubbard's name be suppressed to avoid publicity as she trained for the Olympics.
8eJxK TIL the 1976 film Grizzly made over $30 million on an estimated budget of $750 000, and held the record for the most successful independent film until it was surpassed two years later by John Carpenter's Halloween.
7rQmP TIL that wombats can run at a speed of 40km/h, 3km/h faster than Usain Bolt's average running speed during his world record. They also make cubic dung, which is thought to be so they can mark their territory without the dung rolling away
16OR4 TIL the residents of Kalachi, Kazakhstan suffered from an affliction that caused them to fall asleep during daily activities for days or weeks on end. Officially, the explanation was carbon monoxide from a nearby abandoned uranium mine.
WkgMo TIL that in 2006 Creed vocalist Scott Stapp attempted suicide by leaping from a Miami hotel balcony; 2 hours later he was discovered on the ground by rapper T.I., whom he credits with saving his life.