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TIL that a Korean serial killer named Yoo Young-chul was caught in 2004 because a brothel owner just happened to recognize Yoo's phone number after other prostitutes—who were murdered by Yoo—had gone missing.

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6DZ7 TIL that declawing a cat amputates a joint and is illegal in most countries
rNEGW TIL Ohio is one of the top salt exporters in the country. 1,800 feet beneath Lake Erie is Whiskey Island's salt mine, a 12 square-mile mine.
gr6a8 TIL that all of China uses one time zone. On July 1, sunrise in the country’s east is at 3:05 am and sunset in the country’s west is at 10:26 pm. On Jamuary 1, sunrise in the west is at 10:16 am and sunset in the east is at 3:18 pm.
PYVLJ TIL that Jurassic Park might have contributed to the overfishing of the toothfish (aka "Chilean sea bass"). The fish was served in the movie and exploded in popularity in restaurants. Correlation isn't causation, but this article outlines several other examples of movie-inspired animal crazes.
7rApb TIL Alexander Graham Bell offered to sell his telephone patent to Western Union for $100,000 in 1876. The committee appointed to investigate the offer concluded the telephone was "hardly more than a toy" and "inherently of no use to us".