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TIL Judy Garland's daughter was married to the Tin Man's son

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klN1 TIL a group of hedgehogs is called a “prickle.”
Adwa TIL from 2003-2009, only 130 people in China volunteered to be organ donors.
9nwM TIL On April 6. 1893 Andy Bowen and Jack Burke were involved in the longest boxing fight in history. The fight lasted 111 rounds (3 minute rounds each), it took 7 hours and 19 minutes until referee John Duffy called “no contest” after both men were too dazed and tired to come out of their corners.
Oo7Wg TIL there's plastic at the bottom of Mariana Trench almost 11 kms under the ocean level
nWejB TIL in school I read about Nellie Bly, a female journalist in the late 1800s who got herself committed to an insane asylum to report on the conditions. She also once jumped off a ferry so she could report on the efficiency of the rescue crew!