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TIL researchers polled 250 children regarding their opinions on clowns; all 250 children in the study reported that they found clowns frightening.

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mGLv TIL that if you cut a potato into pieces and bury them separately, each piece will grow into a new potato
0gbN TIL that when asked about the possibility of a third party candidate succeeding in the presidential election, Ralph Nader answered: “It’s a two party dictatorship unless you’re worth billions of dollars.”
VBRZ TIL pro baseball lefty slugger Prince Fielder was born a natural right handed hitter, but his father forced him to bat lefty saying he’d “thank him for it later”
NXjp6 TIL in a very early conflict of the Revolutionary War, a contingent of North Carolina militia battled British Loyalists armed only with swords in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge. In less than an hour, the militia inflicted 50 British casualties and captured 850, while suffering only 2 casualties.
kOMD7 TIL of serial killer Joe Metheny, who minced his victims into hamburgers and sold them at his own BBQ stand.