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TIL Serial killer Edmund Kemper buried one of his victim's head in his mother's garden facing upward toward her bedroom. After his arrest, he stated that he did this because his mother "always wanted people to look up to her."

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J116V TIL the 7 year rule for dog aging is incorrect - compared to humans, dogs age faster when young and slower as they age.
QNDk9 TIL: Kazuo Taoka is known as the "Japanese Godfather". He was an orphan who acquired the nickname "Kuma" for his signature attack of clawing eyes. He realized back alley work was high risk low reward, so he founded a legitimate yakuza cargo hauling biz which grew his yakuza to 10,000 members.
Y50W TIL of an actor named Del Close who died in 1999. In his will he bequeathed his skull to a local theatre so he could still play the part of Yorick, a dead court jester, in productions of Hamlet. However, no one wanted to remove his head after death, robbing him of one of his final wishes.
kOGmm TIL before Cliven Bundy went to prison for his armed standoff against the government, he was partially responsible for keeping alive a strain of ancient crookneck watermelon who's seeds were found hidden in a cave in Arizona in the 1920s.
P1NoE TIL of Freshwater seals. There are rare populations in places such as Lake Baikal, Russia and Iliamna Lake, Alaska. In 2004, a healthy seal was found on the road in Merced County, California, more than 100 miles upstream from San Francisco Bay and half a mile from the San Joaquin River.