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TIL in 2008, Nebraska implemented a law to allow parents to drop off unwanted newborns at safe havens; the law didn’t state an age limit, and nearly all the children abandoned were over ten years old- some were even 17!

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x6A17 TIL that Paul McCartney, Phil Collins and Michael Jackson are the only musicians who have sold over 100 million records both as solo artists and as members of a band
VBVvm TIL that a former Kellogg factory worker filmed himself urinating on a cereal conveyor belt at a facility in Memphis, Tennesse, only to upload a video of the incident two years later. Kellogg only learned of the incident after the video was uploaded.
ZYOG TIL In 1518, a “dancing plague” struck Strasbourg, Alsace, whereby hundreds of people danced fervently in the streets over the period of a month. Some suffered heart attacks or strokes, and many others died from sheer exhaustion. It remains unexplained.
Brw8d TIL that Major-General Ulysses S. Grant ordered the expulsion of Jews from three states during the American Civil War - General Order No. 11 (1862)
GAklJ TIL Renovation of the historical Battersea Power station in London cost £9bn (USD 10.8bn). It has luxury apartments, hotel, restaurants, and a roof top pool. One chimney has a glass elevator (lift 109) going to the top. Hotel rooms have vinyl record players, and of course Pink Floyd's Animals!