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TIL that despite Kid Curry being the least well known of the infamous Wild Bunch gang, he was by far the most dangerous, having killed at least nine law enforcement officers.

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GVLJ TIL that a Jewish tradition where a rabbi sucks the blood from a freshly-circumcised penis, has caused many babies to contract herpes. 2 have died and 2 have suffered brain damage since 2000.
PYG9g TIL that the Mexico City Metro has a different logo/symbol representing all 195 of its stations.
QNkRE TIL despite being a well-known crime writer, Agatha Christie denied having a 'fascination' with crime: “I've just began writing about it and then one continues, doesn’t one?”
wL9g6 TIL that the last CIA station chief in Vietnam sent the final telegram that read "This will be final message from Saigon station... It has been a long fight and we have lost..." before he evacuated on May 1, 1975
KOnB4 TIL that despite Diogenes' notoriety for philosophical stunts, including his exchanges with Plato and Alexander the great, the philosopher has no surviving written works. Considered to be one of the founders of cynicism, Diogenes is said to have written 10 books, 7 tragedies and a volume of letters.