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TIL of Taylor Mitchell, a 19-year old Canadian Country Folk singer who was killed by coyotes while hiking in 2009. She is the only known adult ever killed by coyotes, and her death shocked wildlife experts and forced them to reassess the threat that coyotes pose to people.

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Vgvm TIL that Chuck Lorre, Creator of the Big Bang Theory, also Composed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme Song
p8drO TIL that Walt Disney gave his housekeeper, Thelma Pearl Howard, stocks of the company during holidays and birthdays every year, instead of cash. The stocks were valued very little at the time, but by the time she was in her 70s, they were worth $9 million.
VBRPp TIL in 2019 Namibia mandated white-owned businesses to sell a 25 percent stake to blacks. The rating agency Fitch downgraded Namibia's economic outlook from stable to negative, saying the policy would scare away investors unwilling to cede stakes in their companies.
wLKZ8 TIL in 2006, Pvt. Channing Moss was on patrol when his squad was ambushed and an RPG round got lodged in his abdomen. He was evacuated operated on by two surgeons and an explosive expert who had been watching a Grey's Anatomy episode on removing a live grenade. The round was removed and he survived.
Mm5b TIL a group of nuns disfigured themselves to protect their chastity from a group of raiding Vikings. When the raiders discovered the nuns they were so disgusted that they locked them in the monastery and burned it down. This event helped coin the phrase “Cutting your nose of to spite your face.”