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TIL that Vincent Van Gogh might have been murdered by a teenage bully who dressed as a cowboy.

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Wk0Do TIL A silk top hat is made from hatters' plush, and it is thought that there are no looms capable of producing the traditional material any more; the last looms in Lyon were destroyed by the last owner, Nicholas Smith, after a violent breakup with his brother, Bobby Smith.
XBjD TIL of the Carolina Butcher, a 9-foot bipedal croc that probably ate armored reptiles
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