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TIL Tom Higgenson (from Plain White T) and Delilah know for the song "Hey There Delilah" were never together, when they met she had a boyfriend and she till does.

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KO9la TIL of Katherine Knight who, in 2001, became the first Australian woman ever to be given a no-parole life sentence after cooking her husband to feed to his children.
DQdZj TIL about Albert Severin Roche, a distinguished French soldier who was found sleeping during duty and sentenced to death for it. A messenger arrived right before his execution and told the true story: Albert had crawled 10 hours under fire to rescue his captain and then collapsed from exhaustion.
lA8K TIL Derreck Kayongo collected barely-used bars of soap from hotels, melted them together, and distributed them to poor countries. He’s the founder of the Global Soap Project, which improves access to basic sanitation and reduces disease and child mortality.
LQlpm TIL that when Kentucky Fried Chicken moved its headquarters to Tennessee, Colonel Sanders (who had sold KFC in 1964, but still had much influence) said "This ain't no goddam Tennessee Fried Chicken, no matter what some slick, silk-suited son-of-a-bitch says". The company soon moved back to Kentucky.
DbV TIL that the 1806 version of “Jack & Jill” has fifteen verses and that falling down the hill isn’t their only misfortune