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TIL, a 9-year-old girl died suffering from a severe lice infestation that was so bad she was unable to walk without falling or hold things without dropping them. The little girl would die from anemia.

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ANWLa TIL: Aaron Burr head a conspiracy to secede from the Union in the early 18th century. In the final months he would be outed by general Wilkinson who was a Co-conspirator with a history of treason.
nWXwP TIL when the Surveyor 3 lander crashed on the Moon, it bounced and went 35 feet off the ground, before bouncing again up to 11 feet off the ground.
QNEKe TIL the proportion of Iowa’s energy that comes from wind is at almost 60%, the highest in the United States.
KaNB TIL that the President of the United States is not allowed to appoint any of his/her close relatives to the Cabinet
nevN9 TIL the TV show ’The Office’ had to halt production during the 2007 Writer’s Strike because Steve Carell, who supported the writers, refused to cross picket lines. On the first day of the strike he called in to the network sick, citing “enlarged balls” as the reason.