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TIL serial rapist Andrew Luster fled to Mexico to avoid sentencing, and was brought to justice only after he was illegally kidnapped and brought back to the border. The name of his kidnapper: Duane Chapman aka Dog The Bounty Hunter

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9YYXG Short answer: Pigments offer protection
KWnw TIL Cats have kidneys so efficient that they can rehydrate on seawater.
GArw5 TIL that librarians learned a specific penmanship called the "Library Hand." It does away with their individual writing styles to closely resemble typewriter output, where writing is uniform in size, width, slant, spacing, and form of letters.
KQ5G TIL there is a whistle-blower known as Clare Francis (possibly a fake identity for multiple people) who is responsible for tipping off over 100 academic journals about suspected fraudulent research.
5YPWQ TIL of "Cat Pawsitive," a program which encourages cat shelters to teach orphan cats to do a "high-five" with humans, making cats more attractive for adoption. Over 400 cats who participated were adopted during the first two semesters of the program.