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TIL in 1971 John List murdered his family to save their souls and arranged their bodies on sleeping bags. He then cleaned up, cut himself out of the family’s photos, turned on a religious radio station, and fled. Only after the lights in the house had burned out one by one did neighbors call police.

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nYjW TIL of The Man Who Never Was. In 1943, a British Major’s body was found with papers detailing an upcoming attack against the Nazis in Greece. However, the Major never existed. It was a homeless man’s body planted with fake papers so the real attack on Sicily could take place with little resistance.
neJ1o TIL that McDonald's infamous ice cream machines are not always "broken" but are usually being cleaned. The whole process takes over 4 hours and they can't serve ice cream during that time. They have to do this every day.
J1lv1 TIL Sacramento, CA built a train station in the middle of a grass field, with a full parking lot inaccessible from any roads, and can only be reached via a 1/4 mile (0.4 km) trail.
OG6G4 TIL Corporal Nand Singh earned the Victoria Cross in WW2. He captured 3 trenches, killing soldiers with his bayonet despite wounds. He earned another medal in 1947, capturing a bunker by killing enemy with his bayonet. The Pakistanis threw his body in a garbage dump, never to be recovered.
R7vx4 TIL Mel Brooks was a producer on the movie The Elephant Man, but his name was intentionally uncredited as to not lead audiences to believe the film was a comedy