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TIL a journalist who reported on his own serial murders was caught when he including facts in his articles that only the killer would have known.

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4VN6 TIL an extra from Hobo With A Shotgun had been blind from birth. He had recently had eye surgery to fix it and the first thing he ever saw was a scene from the film being shot.
wbxP TIL Five Men Agreed To Stand Directly Under An Exploding Nuclear Bomb
GYYXE TIL Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle was mentioned as a possible suspect in the "Piltdown Man" hoax - one of the most significant scientific hoaxes of the 20th century
7NAM TIL That A Woman Successfully Sued The NYC Transit Authority For $9,900,000 After Laying On The Subway Tracks And Getting Hit By A Train
xVxm7 TIL The word "thug" comes from a murderous cult of bandits in India called Thuggee, who worshipped the Hindu goddess of death and destruction