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TIL that serial killer Joel Rifkin was only caught when he was spotted driving without a rear licence plate, and police found the corpse of his last victim in the back of his truck.

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x6erw TIL a Scottish widower seeking female companionship set 2,000 bottled messages adrift, but ceased the practice in response to public complaints and an investigation by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
VVM0 TIL Reddit founder Alex Ohanian, wrote an open letter to Reddit about stopping their sexist ways. It was titled “dear fellow geeks: WTF”
yVklM TIL On Dec 28, 2016, the day after Carrie Fisher’s death, her mother, Debbie Reynolds, had a stroke at the home of her son, Todd, where the family was planning Fisher’s funeral, she died later that day. Reynolds had said, “I want to be with Carrie” immediately before she had the stroke.
e0va4 TIL hummingbirds, due to their size, are preyed upon by a number of unusual animals, including spiders and praying mantis.
69lWm TIL in 1966, CBS News sponsored an invasion of Haiti by Cuban and Hatian exiles, which they planned to film. The plan was aborted when the participants were arrested by the FBI.