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TIL 'Detoxing' your body is a myth.

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9YkvB TIL that Frida Sofia, a 12-year-old girl believed to be trapped in a collapsed school building and who had become a symbol of hope in earthquake-devastated Mexico City last year, turned out "not to exist" following a 30-hour rescue mission.
LkP7v TIL about John Yudkin, a scientist who's reputation was ruined and was ridiculed for his belief that sugar not fat was responsible for the health crisis in America. Years later research is starting to support his findings.
LQNbr TIL about "Criminal Tools". I read a "criminal tool" was used in a fishing tourney (lead weight). Chewed gum used to jam a keyhole? Criminal tool! Pen used to write a robbery note? You got it! Since this law is vaguely worded, everything is a potential Criminal Tool!
p8RNZ TIL: The Beethoven family is not German, but Belgian. The grandfather was a talented singer and later became music master (Kapelmeister) at the Court of Bonn. His talents jumped a generation to manifest in the grandson, who had the same name as the grandfather: Ludwig van Beethoven!
6EOQm TIL William Blythe died in a one-vehicle car accident when the vehicle overturned and threw him into a ditch, where he drowned. Blythe was on his way to Arkansas from Chicago to pick up his 5th wife, Virginia, and her unborn son Bill, who would later go on to become the 42nd President.