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TIL in 1998, a woman disappeared while awaiting trial after she had drunkenly killed a woman in a fatal car crash. In 2013, she was arrested in Manitoba, Canada after bragging in a bar about having gotten away with the crime.

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R5o57 TIL before David Huddleston was cast as "Big" Jeffrey Lebowski, the Coens considered Robert Duvall(who did not like the script),Anthony Hopkins(who was not interested in playing an American),Jack Nicholson(who was not interested,he only wanted to portray Moses)The Coens' top choice was Marlon Brando
wLlZ7 TIL Darwin's Beetle (Chiasognathus grantii) have giant mandibles (more than 1/2 their body length) they use to battle males as they climb trees where females are found for a chance to mate. The mandibles can hook rivals under the wings to throw them off the tree, as well as the female after mating.
mxNXx TIL The electric vibrator was the fifth home electronic ever invented. It was prescribed to women who experienced what doctors called "hysteria" In addition: "If a woman became flushed and happy from her pelvic massage, she was said to have underwent a 'hysterical paroxysm.'"
ne9Md TIL a man in 2002 found a way to crack the lottery in the US state of Michigan using math and probability. He figured out that if he bought a certain amount of tickets that he would certainly make a profit. He and his wife Marge ended up making millions of dollars.
0wxYR TIL in 1973, two babies [one from an identical twins & one from single birth] were accidentally switched at birth in Gran Canaria, Spain. The mistake was discovered 28 years later. A friend of one of the twins was working in a shopping center in Las Palmas, the other identical twin came in to buy.