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TIL that a Texas lawyer killed himself because Dateline NBC waited outside his home to catch him in their child predator sting

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p81LG TIL professional clowns can patent their look by painting it on an egg.
mxBWO TIL some elephants eat off a specific tree to induce labor - the same tree which kenyan women brew a tea of for the same purpose
Xak8 TIL Helga Estby walked across America to win a $10,000 prize to save her home. When she finished, the sponsor refused to pay out. She returned home and found two of her children died in her absence, then she lost her house.
nXMY TIL in writing his tombstone, Thomas Jefferson listed his successes - author of the Declaration of American Independence and the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom and the Father of the University of Virginia - but forgot 1 small achievement: that he was once president of the United States.
KevR TIL that journalists in the UK learn a form of shorthand known as Teeline. It allows people to take notes at over 150 WPM