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TIL of the 1976 Chowchilla bus kidnapping. Three men kidnapped 26 kids + their bus driver + forced them into an underground bunker. They never gave their $5 millions random note to the police; they took a nap after the crime + when they woke up the victims had already escaped + returned home safely.

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