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TIL that the candy company Mars Inc. is the largest owner of stand-alone veterinary clinics in the United States"

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W7QO4 TIL the end of 1983 broadcast of the TV movie "Adam", about the murder of Adam Walsh featured a photo of future rapper Bizzy Bone among photos missing children. A babysister recognized said photo and helped reunite him with his mother, having been abducted by his stepfather at the age of 4.
YmAZ TIL that when a dementia patient forgets something, their brain fills in memory gaps with a falsification that a person believes to be true. It is called Confabulation
16eGX TIL of The British pet massacre, where an estimated 750,000 cats and dogs, a quarter of England's pet population, were euthanized due to a government pamphlet suggesting the public do so, at the beginning of WW2.
8aB7P TIL The kid from the Anti Smoking ad I remember seeing on TV after school was Rob McElhenney (Mac from Always Sunny).
1aKxd TIL Motobu Choki. A legendary Karate master who tested his combat prowess by fighting criminals in the Red Light Districts of Japan.