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TIL that serial killer Ted Bundy took advantage of an obscure Florida law that states that any declaration of marriage in a courthouse with the presence of a judge constitutes a legal marriage. He married during the trial in which he was sentenced to death.

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4k0Eo TIL that American Indians and Alaska Natives have the highest smoking rate of any racial or ethnic group. Asian-American women are the smallest demographic of smokers, making up only 2.6%.
Z8OmR TIL Around one in four Labradors apparently have a gene variant that leaves them feeling constantly hungry with no 'off-switch' when they're full.
LkARp TIL that James Monroe is the only person in US history to serve in two cabinet positions simultaneously. He served as both Secretary of State and Secretary of War during the War of 1812.
ngG7 TIL A German biologist who claimed measles is psychosomatic, offered 100,000 Euros to anyone who proved measles is a virus. A German doctor presented evidence of the virus; the biologist dismissed the evidence, but the local court ordered him to pay up.
7r9eM TIL that there is 1400 tons of unexploded (and rapidly degrading) munitions 1.5 miles off the coast of Kent (UK). If it explodes, it would likely cause a bigger explosion than the one in Beirut.