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TIL Confectioners glaze, a common glaze on candy, is made from insect secretions

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lVr5 TIL in 2011 a 9 yr old dog was hit by a car and injured. The driver’s insurance company considered the dog totaled, and stopped paying for the animals recovery.
5RQP TIL of Dewey Bozella, a Boston native who was imprisoned for 26 years for a murder he did not commit. In those 26 years, 2 felons put the murder on him, was denied parole several times, the evidence against him was destroyed by police, and evidence proving his innocence was never brought to trial.
OoJMX TIL Electric Light Orchestra holds the record for having the most Top 40 hits (20) without ever having a number one single.
1MwW TIL that is illegal to run out of gas on the German Autobahn.
oRkLA TIL In 1993, James Scott purposely damaged a levee and caused a massive flood of the Mississippi River only to stall his wife from coming home so that he could party