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TIL The Golden State Killer was found after one of his cousins took a DNA test similar to 23 and Me

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nDvP TIL that after suffering a heart attack and being saved by one of the few ambulances in the state to be fitted with a defibrillator, Australian billionaire Kerry Packer went halves with the state government to get one fitted in every ambulance in the state.
Y8m7 TIL that preventable medical errors are estimated to kill 210,000+ hospital patients every year in the US.
NXybQ TIL about the "Cabbage Patch Kids War" of 1983, a phenomenon where parents across the United States engaged in frenzied shopping battles to secure Cabbage Patch Kids dolls for Christmas. The demand for these dolls far exceeded the supply, leading to store stampedes, fights, and even injuries.
0dwbN TIL Anna Jarvis, the creator of Mother’s Day, regretted it as the day grew more commercialized. She died broke from spending so much money on her fight to end the holiday.
gM8aL TIL the most powerful mutant in the Marvel Universe is Santa Claus