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KwK6 TIL The most prolific female serial killer in history, Elizabeth Bathory, sexually abused, tortured, and killed over 600 young women.
X0k6r TIL In the 1970s, North Korea ordered 1,000 Volvo cars from Sweden. The cars were shipped and delivered, but North Korea simply ignored the invoice and refused to pay. Till this day the bill for $70 Million remains unpaid making it the largest car theft in history
9wPrr TIL that Japanese bus drivers held a 'strike' while carrying on with their jobs
NXBZ6 TIL that each of the Beatle statues at Liverpool Pier Head has an "easter egg." Paul has Linda's camera, George has the Gayatri Mantra on his belt, Ringo has L8 (the Dingle) on his shoe, and John is holding two acorns.
M7rxb TIL that the US government no longer uses the term Unidentified Flying Object (UFO), the preferred term is Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP, which previously stood for Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), since UFOs are a source of ridicule due to their popular association with alien spacecraft