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TIL an Australian Woman posted a selfie on Facebook of her holding up a winning horse race ticket. One of her FB friends took that picture with the barcode and claimed the winnings before she could.

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ADeWl TIL many brands of "ice cream" (such as Breyer's and Dreyer's) sold in the US is technically NOT ice cream, but is labeled as a "frozen dairy dessert" as they do not contain an adequate amount of milk fat (10%) to actually be considered true "Ice Cream"
pY4Ne TIL the word shark used to mean "scoundrel" and sharks used to be called "sea dogs" instead. The term "loan sharks" predates its use for the fish and refers to them being villains, rather than a comparison to the predator.
PYeBg TIL a Florida man who tried to electrocute his pregnant wife was caught when he prematurely changed his Facebook status to "widowed".
p81PG TIL about Dorothy Louis Gage, L Frank Baum's niece, who died at the age of 5 months. Baum's wife was so distraught over Dorothy's death that she started requiring medical treatment. In order to cheer his wife up, Baum decided to name the protagonist of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in his niece's honor
oRKAr TIL that there's a small village in Japan called Nagoro, where a woman named Ayano Tsukimi has created over 350 life-sized dolls to replace the declining population. The dolls outnumber the living residents by 10 to 1.