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TIL In 2003, Juan Catalan was cleared of murder charges, after outtake footage shot for “The Car Pool Lane” episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm showed him and his daughter attending the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves baseball game some 20 miles from the crime scene at the time of the murder.

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0wyoj TIL that there is a intersection in Manchester that many people did not like as pedestrians had to wait for ages for traffic lights. Someone had the idea to remove all the traffic lights and crossings. Instead of wrecking havoc, drivers paid more attention,collisions and incidents declined.
eMkg TIL of Jerome Rodale, a longevity expert and father of organic farming. While filming an interview for The Dick Cavett Show, Rodale declared “I’ve decided to live to be a hundred”, and “I never felt better in my life!”. Minutes later, while still filming, Rodale died of a heart attack.
Y7OvZ TIL Windsor soup was was once a popular dish that became considered the epitome of bland British food. The fall in popularity came from evolving tastes, association with low class establishments, commonality during rationing, and ground up leftovers soups being mislabeled as Windsor soup.
p8Vpe TIL that at the center of a pearl is a parasite. Making pearls is an immune response.
b9ep4 TIL that cheetahs are so nervous and excitable that San Diego zoo gets each 3 month old chetah a 6 month old rescue puppy as a life long friend. The dog's outgoing and brave nature shows his buddy that new situations are safe.