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TIL about the massive 123 ft tall Murdeshwar Shiva statue in Karnataka, India which sits on the Arabian Sea

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DQe1v TIL the oldest active missing person case in the US is over 95 yrs old. 73 yo Marvin Clark, who on HALLOWEEN weekend in 1926 departed his Tigard, OR home to meet his daughter in Portland. A John Doe body was later found between the 2 cities in 1986 but DNA testing in 2018 determined it was not him.
lbKr TIL of the mastermind behind a multimillion $ credit card cloning ring who required that all accomplices engage in sadomasochistic group sex with him on video to ensure they weren’t undercover cops. He evaded detection for years and had 12 terabytes of porn storage when apprehended.
kJ0b1 TIL the annual probability of an obese person attaining normal weight was 1 in 210 for men and 1 in 124 for women, increasing to 1 in 1290 for men and 1 in 677 for women with morbid obesity.
7rrLr TIL Local cemeteries refused to accept the Boston Marathon bomber's body and protesters actually took up a collection to try to have his body shipped to Russia.
Lkxv TIL That dinosaurs couldn’t roar because they didn’t have a vocal system. This makes my childhood me feel sad.