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TIL Benjamin Paddock, an American bank robber & con man who was on the FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitives list from 1969 to 1977 when escaping prison in 1968, was the father of Stephen Paddock (the Route 91 mass shooter)

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rRR0W TIL A man from India started planting trees when he was 16-years-old. He's now 52 and lives in his own forest with rhinos, tigers and elephants.
6o0Q TIL Chemotherapy drugs to fight cancer were discovered in WW1 where the effects of mustard gas on surviors reduced the amount of rapidly dividing cells like white blood cells. First drug developed based on this research was called Mustine.
ne6oY TIL of the Likov's, a Russian family of Old Believers who lived in the Siberian wilderness completely isolated from the outside world for 40 years. They were discovered in 1978 for the first time by a group of Soviet geologists, unaware that World War II had taken place.
WkVeN TIL that quokkas moms will throw their babies on the ground as a distraction when being chased by predators
eR6L TIL The US Postal Service will deliver an item with incorrect postage if it has the appearance of a greeting card, especially in December