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TIL of Pedro López, a child-murderer known as “The Monster of the Andes” and who is regarded as the most prolific serial killer of the 20th century. He has killed over 300 young girls across South America. He was released from captivity in 1998 and his current whereabouts are unknown.

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jB5n TIL in 1994, Crayola released a set of scented crayons but had to remove some of the scents a year later because parents complained that some of the crayons smelled good enough to eat.
Br1mW TIL accents in the UK change noticeably every 25 miles. Many British people have admitted that they change their accent dependent on the situation they are in.
QJKO9 TIL President Lincoln signed legislation creating the secret service hours before He was shot at Ford’s Theatre.
nWavb TIL that Jerry Lawler of WWE fame was actually good friends with comedian Andy Kaufman. He notoriously feuded with Kaufman, wrestling him and slapping him on TV while Kaufman shouted profanities and threw coffee in his face. Later, as himself in Man on the Moon, he stated that his feud was staged.
oE0W TIL that NASA, during the Apollo program, had to rename urinal sleeves in sizes “small, medium, and large” to “large, gigantic, and humongous” because astronauts would only select large (regardless of their size) and the sleeves kept slipping off.