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TIL a reporter who wrote stories about a serial killer was actually the serial killer himself

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loZ4a TIL that the first free black community in the New World, Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose, was created by the Spanish government of St Augustine, Florida, in 1738. They began to offer asylum as early as 1687 to slaves of the British colonies, and often fought the British alongside each other.
MPXa TIL, the entire population of California (38M) is more than the entire country of Canada (35M), with California only having 163,000 sq. miles to Canada’s 3.85 million sq. miles.
nvV7 TIL in 2011 a Russian man who attempted to rob a beauty salon was beaten into submission by the female owner, who is a black belt in karate, and kept as a sex slave for three days.
6EJ1m TIL That Jack in The Box created a fake boy band called the Meaty Cheese Boys because NSYNC had a CD promo with McDonald’s and Back Street Boys had it with Burger King.
9Yb0r TIL that during the filming of the movie "Rounders", when John Malkovich realized that Matt Damon noticed his awful Russian accent while playing "Teddy KGB", he admitted to Damon "I am a terrible actor."