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TIL that serial killer Rodney Alcala appeared on and won The Dating Game. The bachalorette pulled out of the date due to feeling creeped out by Alcala.

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epkY5 TIL that lightsaber fights have become an official sport in France. As of 2019, it was the first country in the world to recognize it as such.
rge0 TIL of Lafayette Pool. He was a tank platoon commander during the Allied Invasion of France, with 12 tank kills, 258 armored car kills, and over 1,000 Nazis killed.
4joa TIL that in the 90’s, Coca-Cola tested vending machines that would automatically change prices based on the temperature outside. The higher the temperature the higher the price.
kZ9B TIL Benjamin Franklin did not attend college. His formal education ended at 10 due to family financial issues and he left school to work in his fathers candle shop. By the age of 12 he was apprenticed to a printer.
0wrMN TIL crows and ravens can mimic human languages