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TIL about Gary Plauche. Jeff Doucet had kidnapped and molested Plauche’s son. Doucet was being transported by sheriffs when Plauche shot him on live TV.

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W74QB TIL that within the Indo-European language family, Hindi and Persian are more closely related to English than Greek and Albanian are.
X09PX TIL Reggie from Nintendo had to fight to get Wii Sports as a pack-in, free. And Miyamoto was not happy.
QP1L TIL that a gold $20 coin deflected a bullet that saved Lt. George Dixon’s life, and forever more became his lucky coin. The coin was found 137 years later in the sunken wreckage of the Confederate submarine, H.L. Hunley
p7ap TIL that there IS a word that ryhmes with orange. Sporange is a botany term for a spore holding capsule in types of fungi, molds and ferns,
GAvAJ TIL actress June Lockhart (the mom from Lassie) embraced rock music and she spontaneously listened to music which was produced by emerging rock bands. She was a noted David Bowie fan who frequently kept a picture of him in her wallet.