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TIL spectators can be penalty carded in the sport of fencing

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4PRw TIL that in 2014 Charles Manson was granted a marriage license, but the wedding was cancelled after it was discovered that 26 year old Afton Elaine “Star” Burton only wanted to marry Manson so she and a friend Craig “Gray Wolf” Hammond could use his corpse as a tourist attraction after he dies
yQDGe TIL that Kidz Bop is still ongoing, having released their 40th album in November 2019.
E1GRo TIL "bully insurance" is offered by companies in France and Japan to cover property damaged or stolen by other children, broken bones and shattered eyeglasses.
4VoJ TIL:The phrase “In the Limelight” actually comes from the theater spot lights that used a torch to burn quicklime.
QLp9 TIL Approximately 40% of the United States’ homeless population are war veterans.