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TIL the oldest object in England’s Crown Jewels is a spoon

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Z8QeY TIL about Robb Nash, a Canadian musician who advocates against suicide. He has the names of over 120 teenagers that didn’t go through with their plans tattooed on his arm.
l7JyV TIL the socialist leaders had a fraternal kiss
xGKb TIL Donnie Wahlberg lost 43 pounds to play Vincent Grey in The Sixth Sense, a role which had less than 3 minutes of screen time, to prove to people that he was serious about acting.
XdyP TIL cranberries don’t grow in bogs. The fields are flooded during picking to make mass harvesting more efficient as the berries float above their vines.
BePr TIL a 7-year-old girl recognized herself on a milk carton as a missing kid. She might never have been rescued, except her abductor bought the carton and cut out the image, giving it to her to save. A friend saw it and she was reunited with her father.