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TIL The Filling of Reese’s Pieces Is Not Peanut Butter

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KOMmQ TIL that in 1966, Kenneth McDuff murdered three people and was sentenced to death. His sentence was later commuted to life, and he was paroled in 1989. He went on to murder at least four more people, was caught in 1992, once again sentenced to death, and executed in 1998.
VM6wQ TIL Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" is sold once every 30 seconds somewhere around the world.
4kbB5 TIL a group led by a real estate agent and a luxury car dealer managed to break into an airport and stole €38,000,000 worth of diamonds being loaded onto a plane, without firing a single shot and without plane passengers knowing what happened.
Lm6Q TIL of Jean Jaurès, a French socialist who predicted world war one and tried to organize global strikes to prevent it. He was assassinated before his plans could be realized.
kJOEg TIL the modern face-up technique of high jump was invented by American Dick Fosbury and debuted at the 1968 Olympics. Reporters mocked him, saying he looked like a "two legged camel". He won the gold. It is now known as the "Fosbury Flop" and is the dominant style in the sport