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TIL they still make fruit-shaped Trix in Mexico!

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AD9do TIL In 2011 Oprah found out she has a sister she never knew existed and now takes care of her financially because Oprah was so impressed that her sister spent 3 years trying to contact Oprah with no luck and never once tried to sell the story to the press. (You have to see the video I linked)
xBlo TIL a man was executed for starting the Great Fire of London after he claimed he threw a fire-bomb through a bakery window. This was despite the fact that he was heavily crippled, the bakery had no windows, and it was proven at his trial that he was not even in the country at the time.
bYJ0 TIL: At one point in the 90’s, 50% of the CD’s produced worldwide had an AOL logo on it.
KQ6a TIL when the Abbey National Building Society moved into 219-229 Baker Street, London, they employed a full-time secretary to answer mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes (fictional address: 221b Baker Street)
dnaj TIL that as of 2006, Asian drivers in America have the lowest rate of traffic fatalities of any ethnicity.