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TIL of Joan Risch, Housewife who disappeared in 1960's from her blood-smeared house, leaving her children behind ; had checked out multiple books on disappearances from the local library before vanishing.

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OXWR TIL the name of the Syrian hamster roughly translates to “mister saddlebags” in the local Arabic dialect due to the amount of storage space in their cheek pouches.
RNL4 TIL there was a TV show in Germany where 12 contestants donated their sperm and viewers watched to see who’s would reach the egg first. The winner won a Porsche.
ANQ0w TIL After the Aral Sea dried up significantly, Kazakhstan revived the northern part of the lake while the South Aral Sea in Uzbekistan is almost completely desiccated. Kazakhstan’s 12km-long dyke saved part of the northern sea by connecting it with the southern section
V5mZ TIL there was a second Fukushima nuclear power plant, 10km to the south, that suffered the same crippling tsunami damage, but was saved from meltdown by a capable leader and heroic staff.
W7vXo TIL that South College, a private for-profit college in the United States, has locations throughout the American South but is actually named after its current owner / chancellor. In 1989 it was acquired by businessman Stephen A. South.