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TIL Paula Baniszewski, who participated in torturing and murdering Sylvia Likens in 1965, attempted to escape prison twice in 1971.

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QN85M TIL an elephant trampled a woman to death then returned days later to her funeral to trample the body again
Wkl1N TIL The Makah Indigenous peoples call themselves Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx (Qʷidiččaʔa·tx̌). Makah was a title given to the Qʷidiččaʔa·tx̌ Indigenous peoples by others and means "generous with food".
ANkn7 TIL that Rasputin's efficacy at treating Alexei Nikolaevich's hemophilia is theorized to be due to his forbidding the use of aspirin for the boy. Aspirin, at the time, was prescribed for a myriad of ailments, but its anti-clotting effect—very adverse for hemophiliacs—was not known until much later.
4kbgR TIL the British Columbia Lottery Corp. was ordered to pay back hundreds of thousands of dollars to gamblers whose jackpots were withheld because they had won them after volunteering to ban themselves from casinos. The ruling only covered a 14 month period due to a change in law in 2010.
kLaB TIL when Buddy Holly died, his pregnant wife first got the news through the TV, and the shock caused her miscarriage.