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TIL in 2023 a 16-month-old girl died from starvation & dehydration after her mom left her home alone in a playpen with only a few bottles of milk while she took a 10-day vacation to Puerto Rico & Detroit with a male friend. She was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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yQmkV TIL not only does the Aztec word that became avocado mean “testicle” (because it grows in pairs), but the fruit was apparently adapted for megafauna like mammoths and giant sloths who would eat it and poop out its unusually large seed in distant locations.
L9vQ TIL that Alaska is the easternmost state in the United States, as a part of the Aleutian Islands is technically in the eastern hemisphere
4grN TIL the average female porn star is a dark-haired, 22 year old, 5’5″ woman who weighs 117lbs and has B-cup breasts.
yQWL8 TIL in the 1870s, the city of Liège, Belgium hired 37 cats to deliver mail. It was unsuccessful.
oRdb8 TIL John Boyne, the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, accidently included references to Legend of Zelda monsters and cooking them in a historical novel due to research mishap.