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TIL a woman is raped in India every 20 minutes

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5YVxp TIL That one of the outtakes from an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm exonerated a man charged with first degree murder, who claimed he was at an LA Dodgers game. During the filming of the episode "The Carpool Lane", he was caught on video in the crowd, thereby confirming his alibi.
QN7Rk TIL Queen Laodice IV of the Seleucid Empire married and had children with all three of her biological brothers. Her third husband/younger brother Antiochus IV Epiphanes co-ruled and later assassinated his nephew/adopted son from her second marriage
GZO7 TIL Kars 4 Kids, invests less than half of their donations to Kids, and instead loses millions on failed real estate holdings and religious conversion day camps. They’re being investigated by the attorney general’s office in two states.
b9BP7 TIL Howard Hughes was an insomniac and was frustrated that there was nothing good on TV late at night, so he bought a TV station and had it play his favorite movies 24/7.
X6bE TIL that ABRACADABRA is actually a Hebrew term meaning “I create what I speak”.