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TIL of Monica Bonilla, a girl who was kidnapped by her father in 1982. 8 years later, Unresolved Mysteries aired a segment on her and a viewer gave a tip that a girl they knew resembled her. They were mistaken. By chance, the tip still led police to Monica, and they rescued her from her father.

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p8y4O TIL in 1900 around a third of all vehicles on the road in the United States were electric.
OGg47 TIL the given name Mallory comes from the French nickname "Malheure" which means "unlucky and unfortunate".
oBXQ8 TIL that notable pirates such as Blackbeard and Benjamin Hornigold united themselves under a "Republic of Pirates" which wreaked havoc across the Caribbean. Their island base of Nassau was recaptured after being without a Governor for 12 years.
6rLZ TIL that the director of ‘The Hangover’ tried convincing the actors to let him use a live taser, but the Warner Bros. lawyers quickly intervined
QJe7E TIL the difference between detonation and deflagration. Detonation is a supersonic chemical reaction in the explosive. Deflagration is a subsonic chemical reaction diffused by heat.