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TIL About Cynthia Ann Parker, Who Was Kidnapped by Comanche Warriors and Eventually Gave Birth to the Last Great Comanche War Leader, Quanah

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gpbW TIL the “fake marijuana” leaf of the boy suspended in Bedford turned out to be actual marijuana
b9lep TIL John Priest survived the Asturias foundering (1907, damaged in collision), Olympic and Hawke collision (1911), Titanic sinking (1912, hit iceberg), Alcantara sinking (1916, torpedoed), Britannic sinking (1916, hit mine), and Donegal sinking (1917, torpedoed).
Mv67 TIL Japanese Death Row inmates are not told their date of execution. They wake up each day wondering if it might be their last.
yxVV TIL that when Patrick Stewart first saw an X-Men comic he asked, “What am I doing on the front of a comic book?”
N7pwE TIL that The 'super-banana,' a genetically modified fruit from Australia that contains increased levels of vitamin A, could help prevent thousands of Ugandan children from going blind and dying from Vitamin A deficiencies