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TIL: A viewer of "America's Most Wanted" called to report that he'd seen the kidnapped girl who was featured. The authorities investigated and found that while she wasn't the girl featured, she had been kidnapped years ago, and reunited her with her mother.

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rN1Xo TIL that in 1969 Jerry West became the first and only player to win the NBA Finals MVP on a losing team as his Lakers fell to the Celtics.
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