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TIL the Florida School for Boys, a reform school shut down in 2011, gained a reputation for abuse, beatings, rapes, torture, and even murder of students by staff. 50 unmarked and undocumented graves have been located on the property using radar.

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e0jbJ TIL, A Spanish creole widely spoken in the Southwest Philippine City of Zamboanga.
pYWAO TIL that Ruth Handler, the inventor of Barbie, later created a breast prosthesis to be used by women who've undergone mastectomies due to breast cancer. The prosthesis, called "Nearly Me" was very popular, with then-first lady Betty Ford being personally fitted for one.
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