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TIL that Grand Juries are used in only two countries - USA and Liberia

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645l TIL that that last man to cross over Niagara Falls on a tightrope was required to submit his passport to border agents upon arrival.
0dODy TIL about the worlds most violent courtship “the rough wooing” in which England invaded Scotland with the goal of capturing its infant queen Mary Stuart and forcing her to marry the English prince and later king Edward VI.
KANE TIL A man in China has kept himself alive with a homemade dialysis machine for 13 years.
4X5lJ TIL about Vozrozhdeniya, an island in the Aral Sea that was a Soviet bio weapons testing facility. In 1988 the Soviets dumped 100-200 tons of anthrax and bleach there. They also buried hundreds of infected animals and abandoned labs. It is one of the deadliest places on Earth.
J1wD1 TIL Dolly Parton was to star in a Disney animated movie titled "My Peoples" in which she portrayed an angel doll brought to life, but the film was scrapped in favor of "Chicken Little".