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TIL that "Wheel of Fortune" co-host Vanna White has worn a different outfit on every episode since her debut in 1982, totaling over 8,000 unique outfits to date

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x6xRw TIL in 2021, Shirley Nunn, 67, mother of a disabled son, chose to kill both him and herself after receiving a stage three cancer diagnosis since it is supposed that Mrs Nunn felt she had no other choice for the future care of her son.
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