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TIL:"no body, no murder" rule have arisen from the "Campden Wonder" case occurred in the 1660s A local man vanished and after an investigation, three individuals were hanged for his murder. Two years later, the supposed victim appeared, telling a story of having been abducted and enslaved in Turkey

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GAWZ4 TIL that in the original mythology, Pazuzu, the ancient Akkadian demon made famous by the movie 'The Exorcist' was himself an exorcist
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