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TIL that Debra Oberlin, a former president of a defunct chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), was arrested for drunk driving.

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5QOr TIL A man advertised over the internet searching for somebody that wanted to be killed and eaten, to which a man actually responded and allowed himself to be eaten alive.
1NbO TIL I learned the popular phrase “Pull yourself up by the bootstraps” was originally created to highlight the impossibility of getting out of a bad situation on one’s own, regardless of how hard one works.
e0nYb TIL doves were traditionally released during the opening ceremony of the Olympics games, until Seoul 1988. Several of the birds, instead of flying away, settled on the cauldron housing the Olympic flame and were subsequently incinerated in front of the crowd when it was lit.
wox07 TIL while the root is safe to eat, handling parsnip foliage can cause skin irritation in some individuals due to compounds that react under sunlight, leading to a condition known as phytophotodermatitis.
8am1G TIL Nikola Tesla, widely known as the inventor of the AC power system, also installed the first hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls in 1896. It was around this time that Tesla also disavowed coal and oil in favor of renewable energy sources.