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TIL serial killer Richard Ramirez spent time in his youth with his Vietnam Veteran cousin who spoke of his love for killing, polaroids of severed heads, and taught him military tactics until the cousin shot and killed his wife in front of Ramirez. He plead insanity and was not charged.

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PYObe TIL that there is a submerged eighth continent called Zealandia which is located in between New Caledonia and New Zealand and is about two-thirds the size of Australia
OGPr6 TIL bones make up around 85-90% of adult bearded vultures' (Gypaetus barbatus) diet. Bones are swallowed whole or bitten through, up to the size of a lamb's femur,
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