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TIL a victim of sexual abuse tracked down her abuser, her father, to help put in him jail. It took her 9 years but she never gave up.

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PYVLJ TIL that Jurassic Park might have contributed to the overfishing of the toothfish (aka "Chilean sea bass"). The fish was served in the movie and exploded in popularity in restaurants. Correlation isn't causation, but this article outlines several other examples of movie-inspired animal crazes.
J1LKk TIL that prior to the 25th Amendment, there was no mechanism in the United States Constitution for filling vice presidential vacancies. The US has been without a vice president on 16 occasions for a cumulative 37 years.
dDk5j TIL the author of Mary Poppins (Pamela Lyndon Travers) adopted one of two twins and when the twins found out later in life, forbid them from meeting each other. Those twins later died from excessive alcoholism.
Y7Z9Z TIL that Tsar Nicholas II of Russia is considered a saint by both the Russian and Greek Orthodox Churches.
E1rjW TIL the word "Apple" didn't always refer to the specific fruit. As late as the 17th century the word was used for all fruits that weren't berries.