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TIL serial killer Ted Bundy escaped not once, but twice from custody after his initial arrest.

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wok97 TIL the Auroras caused by the Carrington Event were so bright that it woke coal miners in Colorado, who began making breakfast believing it was morning.
QOBa TIL the sandwich was supposedly invented by the Earl of Sandwich, who was so addicted to gambling that he refused to leave the table for meals, and demanded something he could eat with one hand. It caught on amongst other players, who ordered “the same as sandwich” - thus, “the sandwich”.
Wk9DA TIL in 2008, Anthony Curcio robbed a Brinks armoured car outside of a Bank of America branch, escaped across a hand-dredged creek behind the bank in an inner tube on a pulley system while 15-20 decoys he had hired dressed exactly the same as him covered his escape.
pYMoN TIL that the 4th most important lamas of Tibetan Buddhism, supported the KMT and the ROC. He pledge that he would not reincarnate until the Republic of China retook the mainland.
VBoXm TIL that Stan Lee, despise being a huge name on Western Comics, has also authored anime and manga of renown! ...Which unfortunately could not leave japanese borders due to their usual trademark and licensing quagmire