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07Nv TIL One of the most notorious serial killers was released in 1998 for $50 bail on good behavior. Pedro López was convicted of 110 murders in 1983. With his whereabouts unknown, Interpol has issued for his rearrest for another murder in 2002.
DQA7j TIL a 2,000 person riot occurred in April 1998 at Ohio University after the bars closed early due to the daylight savings time change, resulting in over 30 arrests, the deployment of rubber and wooden projectiles by police, and one person being charged for punching a police horse.
PY0ow TIL that when he was 15, Stan Lee entered a high school essay competition held by the New York Herald Tribune, and he won for 3 straight weeks until the newspaper wrote him and asked him to let someone else win. Later, the newspaper said he should look into writing professionally
xV0Wo TIL Goofy Goober Rock from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) is a parody of the Twisted Sister song “I Wanna Rock”.
p8DG4 TIL of the sitdown strike from 36’-37’ which an organized group of workers, usually employed at factories or other centralized locations, take unauthorized or illegal possession of the workplace by "sitting down" at their stations. Costing GM close to 3 billion in today’s market