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TIL that fictional vigilante serial-killer and protagonist of hit series ‘Dexter’ used the pseudonym ‘Patrick Bateman’: the name of the serial-killer protagonist of the novel and film “American Psycho”

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8e1QX TIL the Chief Baker of the Titanic, Charles Joughin, survived by getting smashed on Brandy and calmly paddling around until dawn when he was rescued by a lifeboat. He was also one of the last people off the ship, riding the stern rail into the sea like an elevator
N7NQJ TIL from 1935-1964 in the US all liquor bottles were required to have the phrase “Federal Law Forbids Sale or Reuse of this bottle”. This was done in an effort to discourage the reuse of empty bottles for selling moonshine, the sale of which was very common during the Prohibition era.
6B7Z TIL the US armed forces standard issue pistol uses the 9X19mm Parabellum cartridge which is named after the Latin phrase “Si vis pacem, para bellum” (If you seek peace, prepare for war).
MKK7 TIL in Cherrapunji, India locals have built bridges with living tree roots for hundreds of years. They direct the roots of the native ficus to grow in a certain direction, using bamboo as support. Some of the bridges are more than 30m long and can support the weight of 50 people.
p7LZ TIL Anna Williams received a bizarre poem lamenting her absence from her home on the night of April 28th, 1979. The author of the letter? The serial killer, BTK, who had been waiting in her bedroom closet that night.