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TIL when 11y/o Timothy King disappeared during the Oakland County Child killings, his mother made a public plea for the killer to release him, so she could serve his favorite meal, KFC. When his body was found, postmortem showed the last thing he ate was fried chicken.

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PO6V TIL during the dot com bubble in 1999, Mark Cuban was prevented from selling his Yahoo stocks due to a lock-up clause. So, he sold insurance against the share price rising, and used the profits to buy insurance in case the share price fell. In total it cost him nothing, and made him a billionaire.
Y7B6v TIL in 2013 Jennifer Lawrence rejected an invitation from Inside the Actors Studio, thinking her attitude and lack of experience would make host James Lipton "hate" her. "Tell me about your method? There is no method! I never know my lines! He would be horrified."
6myX TIL Not all breeds of dogs can swim. Among those that can’t swim at all or swim only with great difficulty are basset hounds, bulldogs, dachshunds, pugs, corgis, Scottish and Boston terriers and greyhounds.
yQyx8 TIL Before being injured in battle during the last stages of WW1, Hitler was described as being a stressed out timid man suffering from hysteria. After being tutored in a psychiatric ward by Dr Edward Forster, Hitler was transformed, and left the hospital carrying the traits of the future "Fuhrer".
xV4yw TIL that "!?" and "?!" have a name - interrobang. It was proposed by the head of an advertising company, Martin K. Speckter.