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TIL that if momma did ‘buy me a Mockingbird’ she would be violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, and would be subject to a fine of up to $500 and/or jail for up to six months.

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m1xlR TIL a woman from IN named Linda Darby murdered her husband by poisoning, shooting, and burning his body 1970. Two years into a life sentence, she escaped prison and began a quiet life as Linda McElroy in TN, evading capture for 35 years before being caught again and sent back to prison in 2007.
kJY8B TIL an Iowa Supermarket employee went missing in 2009 while at work, only to have his decomposed body discovered in a gap between a freezer and a wall 10 years later in 2019.
b9BpZ TIL that there is a part of the shoe called the “Vamp”, and the act of replacing this part to make your shoe look nice again is to “revamp” it.
Zw04 TIL “The number you have dialed is not in service” was recorded by singer and voice actor, Jane Barbe, and heard by 300 million people per week
0dADA TIL the average duration of power outages doubled from 2015 to 2021, in the U.S.. On average, people experienced 7 hours of power interruptions in 2021