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TIL of a new suspect in the ‘Zodiac killer’ case. He was an editor for a counterculture newspaper in San Francisco, his voice has been ID’d by a 911 operator, and his full name appears in one of the ciphers; among several other pieces of circumstantial evidence.

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kO7rg TIL of Operation Blue Star. Today marks 36 years since the start of the Sikh genocide. Thousands of Indian army troops were deployed to kill innocent Sikhs under the orders of Indra Gandhi. Over the 10 days Sikhs were looted, tortured & murdered.
0w79R TIL the octopus stinkhorn, or devil's fingers, is a non-poisonous fungus found all over the world. The starfish-shaped fruiting body emerges vertically and spreads out, making the gleba accessible to insects which facilitate the distribution of spores. Mature stinkhorns smell like rotting flesh.
9AV7 TIL of a Boston Marriage. A 19th Century term for two women living together, independent of financial support from a man.
ljZA TIL an Alaskan city has a cat for a Mayor
GN94 TIL The asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs was powerful enough to send Earth rocks to Mars and even Europa. As a result, if we ever find life on those worlds it may actually have originated on our own planet.