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TIL A Chicago couple won $30 million in the state lottery and didn’t tell anyone. Not even their kids.

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GNv5 TIL in 1982 drug dealers in California tried to synthesise heroine more cheaply, and accidentally created a substance that gave users late stage Parkinson’s disease in a matter of days
NXG0Q TIL of Provo Wallis a Canadian who helped capture the US warship the Chesapeake, during The War of 1812. Wallis served in the Royal Navy from the age of 4 until he died aged 100, having seen 96 years of duty.
eEnL TIL the rebounding force of a rope breaking in a match of tug of war severed the arm of each of the men at the front
R5PDl TIL It should be spelled ballsac
xVxL5 TIL NBC executives hated the script for the Seinfeld episode, 'The Chinese Restaurant', and only agreed to allow it to be filmed after co-creator Larry David threatened to quit. It is now considered a ground-breaking episode of TV, and the best example of Seinfeld's 'show about nothing' premise