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TIL that a group of four serial killers calling themselves the “Death Angels” were convicted of murdering at least 15 people and may have murdered over 70 people in the Bay Area in the mid 70s.

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lovDA TIL of the Nazino Affair, a brutal USSR plan in which 6,000 political prisoners and criminals were rounded up and deported to an isolated island in Western Siberia, surrounded by guards and left only with flour. The society soon descended into anarchy and cannibalism; 4,000 died after only a month.
a50J TIL of Kilroy Was Here, a popular meme that originated with US soldiers in World War 2 that was graffitied on landmarks as the soldiers moved on
R7eZa TIL Utah's Health Dept attempted to distribute free Utah-sex-jokes condoms with saying like "Enjoy your mountin'", "Explore Utah's Caves" and "Sl,UT" before the governor stepped in to stop the theme (but not the condom distribution).
nW9YW TIL Gmail was originally by invitation only.
rGxM TIL that George Jung, from the movie ‘Blow’, is getting released from prison this year, in November.