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TIL one of the most prolific serial killers in history (who killed at least 300 young girls) was released on a $50 bail, is currently free, and likely still killing

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jwnp TIL an Australian woman successfully broke her partner out of jail by hijacking a helicopter and picking him up from the prison yard
4XXmX TIL In many states a military dishonorable discharge is deemed the equivalent of a felony conviction, with attendant loss of civil rights including not being allowed to own or possess a firearm.
6QXW TIL that Jack Daniels deals with copyright infringement by politely requesting changes rather than making stringent demands like copyright lawyers usually do.
VMxG TIL that a computer as powerful as the human brain would be able to perform about 38 thousand trillion operations per second and hold about 3,584 terabytes of memory.
BQmr TIL The Censored Eleven, eleven Loony Toons cartoons witheld from syndication in 1968, were only shown past that as a special presention in a single theater in 2010 (Now available on Youtube)