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TIL John Geoghan, the Catholic priest who sexually abused over 130 children and was a central figure in the Best Picture winner Spotlight, was strangled and stomped to death in prison by a self-described white supremacist serving a life sentence for murder.

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JpKm TIL Stephen King didn’t get paid for “The Shawshank Redemption” because he never cashed the check
7RYL TIL the European Bison or ‘wisent’ exists and was considered extinct in the wild in 1927. Since then, this species has been reintroduced in many European countries. They are making an amazing comeback and now are no longer considered an endangered species
mwGp TIL in 1998, a group of hackers – identified only by their “hacker names”, including “Kingpin”, “Mudge”, and “Space Rogue” – testified before a U.S. Senate committee. They described how they could take make the internet “unusable for the entire nation” with “just a few packets”.
LkK6Q TIL right before Rachel Dolezal was outed as white, she was a slated to testify as a supporting witness against her brother, Joshua Dolezal; who allegedly molested her and an unnamed minor on several occasions.
xVkak TIL Early in life, each dolphin creates its own unique vocal whistle that gives it an individual identity. Because each whistle is unique, dolphins are able to call to each other by mimicking the whistle of a dolphin they want to communicate with. It's the equivalent of calling each other by name.