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TIL that On a TV show, a 17-year-old girl revealed that her father had killed three people and it turned out to be true…

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b9P1E TIL that British actor Trevor Howard (known for movies such as The Third Man, Brief Encounter, Gandhi, and Superman), insisted that all his contracts include a clause excusing him from work whenever a cricket Test Match was being played.
loM1K TIL of Cherophobia, which consists of a person’s fear or anxiety to activities that could make them happy, often believing something bad would occur, that happiness can make them bad people or even that looking for it is a waste of time.
R5gp8 TIL Kokura was the main target for the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb, but on the morning of August 9, 1945, the city was obscured by morning fog. Because the order was to drop the bomb visually, the pilots diverted about 100 km south to Nagasaki, killing 35,000 people within seconds of its detonation.
oVZE TIL Kit Kats in the USA taste different than Kit Kats everywhere else in the world
b6m70 TIL that half of all parrots are kept in captivity