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TIL that Jimmy Diresta shot and produced an instructional DVD for Nick Offerman in 2008. Offerman paid him with a canoe.

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VVrZ TIL that in 1998 a woman called Amy Bradley vanished from a cruise ship. Years later, photos emerged that suggested she may have been kidnapped and sold into sexual slavery. Amy Bradley has never been found.
oZr7 TIL that a man programmed a computer in 1993 to write a romance novel, which was received with positive reviews by some critics
jJxX TIL a Chechen nationalist group took an entire school hostage in the town of Beslan, which resulted in the death of over 300 people, including children. This group has been increasingly associated with major jihadist/terrorist groups in the Middle East and remains prevalent in the world to this day.
mxPjO TIL due to the overuse of the word "sorry" in Canada, Ontario lawmakers passed the "Apology Act" in 2009. Saying sorry could no longer be used against you in a court of law and that it represents an "expression of sympathy or regret” and not “an admission of fault or liability."
xXXo TIL that in 1976, doctors in Los Angeles went on strike, and the mortality rate dropped 18%.