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TIL that during the early 1990s, serial killer Joseph Metheny owned a burger stand located in Baltimore, Maryland. After his arrest in 1996, he claimed he had fed his customers the flesh of at least 3 human beings.

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MeeDV TIL that a cow-smuggling tunnel was discovered in 2017 under the India–Pakistan border.
mmEM TIL that an atomic bomb cameraman ripped his safety goggles a split second before the bomb exploded. He immediately covered his eyes with his hand and saw his hand’s bones through his closed eyelids just like in an X-ray.
nrMW TIL that besides the Zapruder film of the JFK assassination, there is the Nix film (VIDEO). The Nix film shows the entire JFK assassination from the complete OPPOSITE side of Dealey Plaza, facing the grassy knoll and Zapruder himself (who can be seen filming the assassination).
Z8Jbp TIL that on NASA's Gemini XII flight, the computer docking system failed and Buzz Aldrin successfully calculated the docking trajectory using a sextant and a slide rule.
rn7w TIL there is a 30 million word gap between rich and poor kids by the age of 3.