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TIL there is a stretch of highway in British Columbia that is nicknamed the “Highway of Tears” for its long history of murders and disappearance of predominantly aboriginal women

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byKE TIL Saving Private Ryan depicted combat so realistically that veterans left theaters during the opening scene, stating that it was the the most realistic depiction of combat they had ever seen.
LQe8r TIL that Alice's son on the TV show "Alice", Phil McKeon, was the brother of Nancy McKeon who played Jo on the show "Facts of Life"
yYLv TIL People who survived suicide attempts by jumping off the Golden Gate bridge often regret their decision in midair, if not before. Said one survivor: “I instantly realized that everything in my life that I’d thought was unfixable was totally fixable—except for having just jumped.”
Mepna TIL that due to prevalence of dubbed western programs in post-soviet Ukraine, a nationally produced comedy sketch show was recorded in English/German and then dubbed to Russian
OOyX TIL the Federal Trade Commission says four cancer charities run by extended members of the same family conned donors out of $187 million from 2008 through 2012 and spent almost nothing to help actual cancer patients.