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TIL child abduction by strangers are known as "stereotypical kidnappings" in the United States, despite being the rarest type of child abduction

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OxVX TIL that doctors determined the critical factor that led to Robin Williams suicide was “diffuse Lewy body dementia” from his Parkinson’s … not depression
K48R TIL that scientists concluded from the lines of fossilized corals that some million years ago a year had 420 days
eWlJ TIL that Hitler was one of the wealthiest authors of all time. He accumulated a vast personal wealth from the royalties of his book Mein Kampf. As his fame rose, his income reached the equivalent of nearly $12M a year. This effectively allowed him to buy his way to Chancellor.
16ODX TIL that in 1993, an Amtrak Sunset Limited passenger train derailed on CSX Transportation's Big Bayou Canot Bridge in Alabama. 47 people were killed and 103 others were injured. Such a rail disaster had not occurred in the U.S. since the 1958 Newark Bayou rail accident, in which 48 people died.
mxDAE TIL of the Hmong people, who communicate by whistling - the valleys of the Himalayas they live in make for ideal transmission, sometimes carried as far as 8km. They even perform whistling courtship ceremonies, and once in a relationship, lovers can make up their own ‘secret’ syllables!