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TIL while the 'This is a true story' card at the beginning of 'Fargo' is untrue, the story was based on two real-life crimes (someone actually was chopped up in a wood chipper).

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M7eo7 TIL about the Assassin's teapot, a two chamber teapot originating from China that was used to poison enemies by dispensing different types of liquid depending on which hole is covered.
M7YB7 TIL of a murderer who was captured four years later because he had the murder scene tattooed on his breast.
AD8gw TIL of a man in England was jailed for the manslaughter of his ex-girlfriend, after she came to his home with an 8 inch kitchen knife in her handbag, that she fell on after he pushed her during an ensuing argument
9YjJ7 TIL There are two states where no single city composes more than 3% of the state's overall population. Those states are South Carolina and West Virginia. And, in both states, their largest city is named Charleston.
kY0E TIL Hugo Boss was not only a supplier of uniforms to the Nazis, but was the designer of the black uniforms worn by the SS