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TIL Nancy Grace was cited for prosecutorial misconduct by a Federal Appellate Court

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WknpY TIL that in 1915, 30 year old Essie Dunbar was pronounced dead and buried. When she was dug up so her sister, who was late, could say goodbye, the not dead Essie sat up and lived for 47 more years.
61eW TIL Saudi Arabia beheads nearly two people per week
JBAv TIL that when Tolkien read The Lord of the Rings to his group of literary minds, the Inklings, Hugo Dyson, who was not keen on the work, rolled on the sofa shouting “Oh fuck, not another elf!”
x68B0 TIL that there is a variety of flower known as cockscomb that folds in on itself, looking similar to a brain. This "folding" is known as cresting, and is due to the variety having 36 chromosomes instead of the normal 72 chromosomes of its species.
71aL TIL there is a spider that hunts black widow but its venom only would cause mild burning sensation to human.