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TIL Ken McElroy terrorized the town of Skidmore, MO for more than 10 yrs. In 1981 he was shot dead in the presence of over 30 witnesses, but the shooters were never named, and no charges were ever pressed.

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WkAwX An out-of-control human peptide called bradykinin could be responsible for some of the varied and sometimes deadly symptoms seen in people who have contracted the coronavirus. We already have drugs to control bradykinin, which are being tested as treatments for people with covid-19.
r5w0 TIL forging a signature is legal if the persons signature you are forging gives permission.
VB6rZ TIL about The Bohemian Twins. Their death was predicted by Ouija board. They were exhibited at local fairs from the age of one. Seen hereith Rosa's son they lived from 1878-1922. The only siames twin to bear a viable child.
N7lj6 TIL in 1987 Neil Gaiman sketched a parody of Watchmen, "Watchdogs" which he suggested to artist Dave Gibbons as a spin off
R54O8 TIL that football legend Pele was banned from playing for a non-brazilian team by a presidential law declaring him a 'national treasure'