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TIL of Mary Bell, an 11 year old serial killer with a tragic and abusive childhood that moulded her into the killer she became.

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LQbdp TIL that the Northern English town of Barrow-in-Furness once had the largest steelworks in the world
0w6Op TIL of the 'transported soldier legend' where in 1593 a Spanish soldier from the Philippines appeared in Mexico City speaking of the death of the Philippines governor the night before. His story was backed up by sailors arriving to Mexico months later, who even recognised the soldier as being there.
mxbny TIL: Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter became a defense consultant mostly by accident while becoming an expert in missile defense systems while trying to find new music recording technology.
Bw5x TIL then mayor of San Francisco Dianne Feinstein divulged forensic evidence to the media, thereby ruining the case detectives had built up and enabling serial killer Richard Ramirez to remain at large.
JYj14 TIL that old, weak, malnourished whales will simply sink, unable to reach the surface and suffocate to death...