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TIL Dr. Phil and his staff have been accused of giving drugs and alcohol to addicts before appearing on his show in efforts to boost ratings.

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dD8wB TIL that queen ants can live up to 30 years
yx9e TIL an Oregon couple, with 2 disabled children of their own, launched a non-profit called “Magic Wheelchair” that develops and hand-crafts Halloween costume options for wheelchair-bound children
nWXKP TIL of Janet Chandler a 22-years-old Michigan woman who was gang raped and killed by her colleagues in Feb 1979 because they hated her promiscuity, the case remained unsolved until in 2004 when some college students made a film called "Who killed Janet Chandler?" that led to the case being solved
69GYm TIL after its initial discovery and isolation in London in 1928, penicillin was first mass-produced in 1942 using mould from a cantaloupe in a market in Peoria, Illinois. Just in time to prepare for the June 1944 WWII Allied invasion at Normandy.
4Xxmb TIL that after a BBC investigation found that Facebook failed to remove images of child abuse, Facebook responded by reporting the BBC to the authorities