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TIL the 2011 Japan earthquake was so powerful that it moved Japan 2 meters to the east and shifted the Earth on its axis.

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R5o19 TIL Adam Sandler has been involved with The Price is Right since 1995, starting as an editorial consultant and stage manager. In 2013 he began directing the show, and is now a producer. He was Emmy nominated in 2023 as executive producer in the category Outstanding Game Show.
68EY TIL a young Frenchwoman robbed a bank with friends, her friends were caught, but she escaped and left the country. She obtained false documents and for 25 years lead a new life in Mexico where she became a psychotherapist and mother. Four days before the statue of limitations ended, she was arrested
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