It Was Their First Date—and He Made Her the Getaway Driver

They say you should be careful about people you meet on dating apps, but one woman from Massachusetts had no idea what she was in for. Her search for love ended with a gun pointed directly at her face and a potential trip to the slammer...

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Shelby Sampson was a single mother living in Bristol County, Massachusetts. Since the birth of her daughter, Jessica, Shelby had spent the past eight years totally dedicated to raising her child. With Jessica's father out of the picture, Shelby hardly had time for anything else—including romance.

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The More You Know

  • Saint Patrick's Day began as a "feast day". To honor him, Christians could put aside their Lenten restrictions on food and alcohol consumption, which is why excessive drinking has become linked to the celebration.
  • Your brain is sometimes more active when you're asleep than when you're awake.
  • If you take all the letters from the word "wizard" and swap them with opposite letters (a->z, b->y), it spells wizard backwards.
  • The woolly mammoth survived until Egyptian times.
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