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TIL Eduard Khil or Edward Hill died only 2 years after reaching internet fame from the Trololo song.

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KOW4E TIL about a serial killer, who was active in the 70s and 80s, and was caught almost 40 years later in 2018, thanks to the DNA testing company and tissue from his garbage can
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