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TIL about John Du Pont, heir to the Du Pont family fortune, and the only member of the Forbes 400 richest Americans list to have ever been convicted of murder.

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W778L TIL in 1970, Sean Flynn, son of actor Errol Flynn, disappeared in Cambodia while working as a photojournalist during the Vietnam War. While leaving the country’s capital, he set off on his motorbike for a press conference in Saigon. He were never seen again, and in 1984, Flynn was declared dead.
9wEXB TIL of the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, in which 21 Chinese workers smuggled in by a gang died in Morecambe, north-west England after being cut-off and drowned by the incoming tide while harvesting cockles
BryRd TIL only five percent of Americans ages 35-44 think they will die before reaching the age of 65 when in reality the typical 35-year-old male has a 17.5 percent chance of dying before age 65.
oRK67 TIL Australia's first ever medal won at the Winter Olympics was a gold medal in Short Track Skating and the skater, Steven Bradbury, was dubbed "the accidental hero" after winning in a very bizarre sequence of his rivals colliding in all the elimination phases (quarter-finals, semi-finals and final)
J1WLj TIL about a Chinese TV show called “Interviews Before Execution”, which aired from 2006 to 2012, where journalist Ding Yu interviewed convicted murderers just hours before their death sentences, and the program regularly drew up to 40 million viewers in Henan Province