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TIL a four year old boy named Bobby Dunbar went missing on a family trip, 8 months later he was found and reunited with his family. Nearly 100 years later, DNA proved that the child reunited with the Dunbar family was not Bobby but rather a boy named Charles Anderson

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KORb9 TIL the shape of the letter M is derived from the hieroglyphic for water, hence the similarity of ripples
OGY7a TIL that food assistance programs were made to get rid of excess cheese that the government bought from farmers
JYNZV TIL there is a network of illegal, gang-run hot dog trolleys in London. Rival hot dog gangs have fought turf wars and often use spotters to evade enforcers.
p8oNe TIL the team that was the basis for the movie Hoosiers (Indiana's Milan HS) beat Oscar Robertson's team on the way to winning the 1954 state title.
O7WR TIL that Rob Thomas initially recorded the song “Smooth” as a demo for Santana, who, after hearing it, decided that Thomas should record the final version. The song went on to be ranked second most successful song of all time by Billboard in 2013.