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TIL that the serial killer Joseph Duncan had a Blog before he was jailed where you can clearly see his descent into madness.

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kYpm TIL that the “sex” in names like Middlesex, Sussex, and Sexsmith comes from the Old English word “seax,” meaning “knife”
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