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TIL that 28 years ago a Floridian woman opened her door to a clown and was shot. In 2014, a hair was found in the evidence. After a DNA test, the clown was found in Tennessee running a restaurant with the wife's husband. Apparently having an affair months before the murder, they were now married.

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GYN8G TIL that butter sticks are differently shaped and packaged differently depending on whether you live east or west of the Rocky Mountains.
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