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TIL The backstory of Casper the Friendly Ghost is that he was a young adolescent who went sledding all day and died of pneumonia.

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v1rM8 TIL about Pickles the Dog who found the FIFA World Cup in a bush after it had been stolen prior to the 1966 tournament. Pickles became famous - he earned a medal, opened a zoo and even appeared in a film
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yB4e TIL The last women accused of witchcraft in Salem, MA were finally proclaimed innocent in 2001.
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