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TIL in 2008, a man walked into a clothing store near Chicago and killed 5 women. Despite 7,500 leads and a $100,000 reward, the man has never been identified and the case remains unsolved.

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NXPe TIL a supply specialist in the Korean War didn’t know the code word for mortar rounds and sent crates full of Tootsie Rolls to Marines in need of mortar rounds
9wndQ TIL about augury, an ancient Roman divine practise involving the observation of the behaviour of birds to interpret the gods' will. The practise was attempted by Rome's founders, Romulus and Remus, to decide on the city's location, before a dispute over the results saw Romulus kill Remus.
D190V TIL Mallows Bay, the largest ship graveyard in the Western Hemisphere, is a National Marine Sanctuary due to the reefs the shipwrecks provide.
LkDYr TIL that in the American Civil War, most battles had two names. The North generally named battles after natural features while the South named based on man-made landmarks/towns near battle. The Northern defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run was a Southern victory at the First Battle of Manassas.
oRDvr TiL taking less photographs help you remember the places you been to