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TIL Legendary singer song writer Bobbie Gentry ('Ode to Billy Joe', 'Fancy', etc) abruptly quit the music business at the height of her fame in 1982 and disappeared. To this day it is not known where she went, what she did, or where she currently resides. All efforts to contact her have failed.

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lDrG TIL Helen Keller was a socialist and one of the founders of the ACLU. After extensive travel, she said, “I had once believed that we are all masters of our fate…Now, however, I learned that the power to rise in the world is not within the reach of everyone.”
KORgw TIL that, in their natural state, olives are almost completely inedible; to combat this 99% of olives are bathed in lye, a powerful corrosive, for several days.
v1xXD TIL the expression 'to lick into shape' originated in the ancient belief that bear cubs are born as formless lumps and need to be licked into their proper shape by their mothers
WkJpo TIL that a man attempted to commit suicide changed his mind at the last minute resulting in a chain reaction train wreck killing 11. And he was later sentenced to 11 consecutive life sentences
JYQnk TIL that in 2017 Iceland was concerned about an uptick in murders as there were four murders in the entire country, more than double the typical number