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TIL about Whitter, Alaska, an entire town in one building

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QNeZM TIL about Sen Bob Kerrey, who murdered woman and children in Vietnam
X078P TIL: The "Leatherman" was a person dressed in a leather suit who would repeat a 365 mile route for over 30 years. He would stop at towns for supplies and lived in various "Leatherman caves". When archeologists dug up his grave in 2011, they found no remains, only coffin nails.
6rRl TIL that in some cultures children were intentionally given names with unfavourable meanings like ‘ugly’ and 'crippled’, as it was thought that this would make them less desirable to child-stealing demons.
R0kQ TIL that one of the major problems of the Chrysler Turbine car was that it’s exhaust would melt the car behind it in traffic
mxEdM TIL a woman suspecting her husband was cheating followed his car to a home and broke in looking for him. It turned out she was at the wrong place and the occupant of the home shot her dead.