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TIL: Babies are born without kneecaps

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6EQmm TIL that in 2008, Tim McLean was beheaded and cannibalised while riding a bus in Canada. The perpetrator, Vince Li, spent seven years in mental hospital, and was released in 2015, to a group home. He was granted a discharge in 2017. One of the first officers on the scene later committed suicide.
l7xXB TIL that the Barclay brothers were knighted in 2000 for their support of medical research, to which they have donated an estimated £40 million between 1987 and 2000.
NKKQ TIL Al Lewis (Grandpa on The Munsters) used to have Charles Manson babysit his kids.
P1J0w TIL that after South Korea built a 323 ft (98 m) flagpole with a 300 lb (140 kg) flag near the DMZ, North Korea erected an even taller 525 ft (160 m) flagpole with a 600 lb (270 kg) flag on their side of the border.
E1jj7 TIL about the Japanese national pillow fighting tournament. The pillow fighters start by pretending to sleep on futons. But when the whistle sounds, they spring to their feet and race to get a pillow. A mix between dodgeball and chess, teams throw pillows at each other while protecting the 'King'.