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TIL in 2015 Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig made a Lifetime movie called "A Deadly Adoption." It confused a lot of people who watched it expecting it to get hilarious. It didn't. Just straight up Lifetime movie.

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ADQP7 TIL Margaret Dickson was hanged in 1724. She was later found still alive. Under Scots Law, since her punishment had been carried out, she could not be executed for a second time for the same crime. Only later were the words "until dead" added to the sentence of hanging.
WA7o TIL that the “American” flags at Disney’s Magic Kingdom intentionally contain less than 50 stars so that they don’t have to be taken down in poor weather or lit up at night.
4XELw At least one-third of early deaths could be prevented if everyone moved to a vegetarian diet, Harvard scientists have calculated.
yQVgv TIL that Sir Richard Branson dislikes the formality of neck ties so much that he often carries around a pair of scissors with him, ready to cut the ties off of unsuspecting tie wearers. He even has a cushion that he keeps at his home on Necker Island made up from the ties of some of his victims.
7PvL TIL That Portobello Mushrooms are the same as white mushrooms, they’re just left to grow for longer