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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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R70b4 TIL in 2013 a dog named Killian saved a baby boy from an abusive babysitter. He alerted his owners by growling and standing between the baby and the sitter whenever she was there. Suspicious, the parents left an iPhone under the sofa recording audio. The sitter was later convicted on what they heard
MeVAB TIL that Michael Phelps has more Summer Olympic gold medals than 80% of countries in history even when taking into account countries that no longer exist.
M7P9W TIL In 2020, the wine market was expected to be worth $418 billion with experts estimating that around 20% of all the wines sold around the world are counterfeit.
oBeMK TIL the author of Peter Pan gifted his rights to the story to a children’s hospital in 1929, which has benefited to this day.
ZpynG TIL that the Hundred Years’ War was actually a 116 year war fought over three distinct periods.