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TIL "Baby Jessica", who fell down a well in October of 1987 and was rescued after 58 hours, received $1.2 million for a trust fund from multiple donations. She used part of those funds at age 25 to purchase a home, but lost most of what was left in the stock market crash of 2008.

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epV5b TIL two former captive beluga whales, Little Grey and Little White, were flown 6000 miles, from China to Iceland.
vPpyj TIL Rudolf Diesel, the inventor of the diesel engine, disappeared under mysterious circumstances while at sea in 1913. Ten days after his disappearance a body was found floating with some of his belongings, but was so decomposed it was unrecognizable and was not kept. The case has remained unsolved.
BQdr TIL that a giant rock performing an unbelievable balancing act on a seemingly smooth, curved mound in the dense forests of Finland is a mystery because nobody knows how it got there.
KOmpR TIL about the number of attempts to burn down the Gävle goat, including one where the online webcams keeping watch were attacked by a DoS attack, just before the goat was burnt
dDapQ TIL the "Bloody Mary" mirror ritual is related to the "strange-face illusion"