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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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PYLeL TIL: A man named Allan Savory had the government slaughter 40,000 elephants to reduce desertification, and found it wasn’t actually related.
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j4oX TIL in 1980, the Soviet Union refused to host the Paralympics claiming that none of their citizens suffered from disabilities.
VBXAD TIL in 1950 Ohio State and Michigan played a football game in a blizzard so bad that neither team could move the ball. The 2 teams punted 45 times for over 1400 yards and only had 3 first downs. Michigan won 9-3 with all points coming as a result of blocked punts.
0d1KL TIL during a hunting trip in 1913 the race car driver Camille Jenatzy hid behind a bush, made animal noises and was promptly shot by a friend, he died in a car on the way to hospital, fulfilling his own prediction that he would die in a Mercedes