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TIL Doreen Lioy sent serial killer Richard Ramirez 75 letters in 11 years while he was in jail. The minute she saw his mugshot on the TV, she noticed something “captivating” in his eyes. Ramirez proposed to her, and the courtship continued for the next 9 years before the two got married.

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bxM9 TIL at a Marine Mammal Institute, dolphins were trained to turn in garbage that fell into the tanks in exchange for fish. One dolphin was smart enough to hide pieces of paper under a rock, tearing off smaller pieces from the paper in order to get more fish out of it.
nnad TIL that voted fraud was a likely culprit for Kennedy’s victory over Nixon. One case in Texas had 6,138 votes cast in a county of only 4,895 voters.
5EWk TIL that Will Smith owed $2.8 Million to the IRS and almost went bankrupt, just before he signed the contract for The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air
9dvM TIL a German citizen was mistakenly abducted by the Macedonian police and handed-over to the CIA, who then held him in a black site and interrogated, beat, strip-searched, and sodomized him. When the victim later tried to sue, the case was dismissed as the US government claimed state secrets.
eEd4 TIL The US Congress voted to pay George Washington $25,000 a year. He declined since he valued his image as a selfless public servant but ultimately accepted to avoid a precedent where the presidency would be perceived as limited only to wealthy individuals who could serve without pay.