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TIL a family who adopted five children on a bid to get on ‘Extreme Makeover’ kicked the five children out of their home once the makeover was complete

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Z8e6D TIL: Good, open, and honest communication acts as a solution-provider that buffers your in-home childcare-giving and homeschooling from a sudden unwanted change as a result of your nanny or babysitter quitting her job.
bv80 TIL Jacob Appelbaum, a man who has been repeatedly targeted by US law enforcement agencies for his work with Wikileaks, was once detained by US Customs; they searched him for phones or laptops but found only flash drives with The Bill of Rights encoded in them. They were unable to copy them.
X0DRQ TIL that Helga Estby made a bet for $10000 that she could walk across the United States to save their farm. After she and her daughter did so, she received no money and found that two of her children had died in the meantime.
LGlV TIL the Super Bowl has required national anthem vocals to be pre-recorded since 1993 when Garth Brooks declined to pre-record and then refused to sing live until a dispute over debuting a music video during the game could be settled, resulting in a delayed kickoff.
aYaA TIL that Seinfeld re-runs are sped up relative to their original versions in order to accommodate more time for commercials.