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TIL in July 1969, US Senator Ted Kennedy crashed his car into the sea after a party and left the scene, leaving Mary Jo Kopechne to drown, a young woman that could have been saved if help had been called that night.

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AD14a TIL Mother ducks may abandon ducklings if they are physically stuck in an area or are not prospering due to genetic defects or sickness brought about by hypothermia, starvation, or disease.
e0kx4 TIL that in 1997 the largest known viking ship 'Roskilde 6' was discovered buried beneath the Roskilde Viking museum during the construction of an extension.
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