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TIL a year before the Manson murders, Sharon Tate gave an interview in which she described a nightmare she had where a man entered her home, tied up her and Jay Sebring, and killed them.

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781Ob TIL that in 2013, police divers in Custer County Oklahoma, found 6 bodies in two vehicles at the bottom of Foss lake. Three bodies in each car were identified as people who went missing in 1969 and 1970. Both cars were found to have gone off the road and into the lake. Ending a 45 year mystery.
EgZmp TIL that blue whales and fin whales can produce fertile hybrids, despite their genetic distance being similair to that between humans and gorillas.
woZE8 TIL the Babylonians used base 60 instead of base 10 for their mathematical calculations. This is why we have 60 seconds in a minute and 360 degrees in a circle.
jNJna TIL that "sardine" isn't actually species of fish but rather a generic name given to to various small, oily fish within the herring family of Clupeidae.
e0bNb TIL after four months of rejections Kim O'Grady added 'Mr.' to his name on resume/CV and almost immediately landed a job.