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TIL Duffy disappeared from the public because she was drugged, kidnapped and abused for 4 weeks

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YpZ1A TIL that when the very famous mime Jean-Gaspard Duburau (creator of the modern Pierrot) was accused of murder in 1836, hundreds of Parisians came to the courthouse. Not for the trial itself but just to finally hear the voice of the mime.
eNBL TIL that Alexander Turner, father of American poet Daisy Turner, was a slave who escaped from his Virginia plantation during the Civil War, joined the Union Army, and guided his regiment back to the plantation where he killed his former overseer
awkyM TIL that the first Harry Potter Book was rejected by 12 different publishers, before being accepted by Bloomsbury. The CEO of Bloomsbury said it was "The Biggest Publishing Phenomenon of Modern Times."
dBoQ TIL of superheating, the phenomenon in which a liquid is heated to a temperature higher than its boiling point, without boiling
mxBBv TIL Hugh Jackman is one win away from having an EGOT. The one he is missing is the Oscar.