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TIL that the Host of the famous tv show America’s Most Wanted, John Walsh, became an advocate for missing children after his 6 year old son was abducted and brutally murdered in 1981

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rRjny TIL that in late 2013, an 8 year old girl was orphaned after her entire family died because of a batch of old potatoes that her family had let rot in their cellar. Under the right circumstances, potatoes contain a toxin known as Glycoalkaloids, and this was released in gas form as they rotted.
Z8mXY Today I Learned that you can’t find broccoli in the wild since it was created by humans by breeding it from wild cabbage.
n8mG TIL that the US population spends more than 68 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR on lottery tickets. That is more than what they annually spend on movie tickets, music, pornography, the NFL, the MLB and video games combined.
k5b4 TIL: Black men make up 5% of population, 50% of murder convictions
1aZm7 TIL that Wilford Brimley, the "I've got 'diabetuss.'" guy from the Liberty Medical t.v. commercials, was once employed by millionaire recluse Howard Hughes as a bodyguard.