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TIL that 1,202 fugitives were caught as a result of the TV show, America's Most Wanted.

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69OeZ TIL a woman named Lydia Abate has been "funeral tracking" for nearly 6 years — she scours obituaries to find recently deceased people, then offers grieving families a free estate clean-out service in exchange for keeping their dead relatives' vintage clothes. She hasn't bought clothes in years.
MeXoA TIL Chris Farley hosted Saturday Night Live just two months before his death by a drug overdose in 1997. The opening skit for the episode had Farley trying to convince Lorne Michaels to let him host, telling him he was clean and sober. The skit, and his opening monologue were cut from re-runs
b6MW4 TIL of Captain Citrus, a fictional mascot based on Captain America from the Florida Department of Citrus, a state body tasked with promoting Florida's orange industry. Created in 2011 as "Ollie the Orange", Florida paid Marvel around $1 million in 2014 to redesign and publicly promote the character.
6ErkW TIL 58% of Americans Blamed the Students for Their Own Deaths in the Kent State Massacre, while 11% Blamed the National Guard, According to a Gallup Poll Taken at the Time.
lLmr TIL people have been building a medieval castle near Treigny, France, using only medieval techniques and materials, according to an architectural model from the 13th century. They’re in their seventeenth year.