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Today I learned that cattle mutilations have been happening in North America since at least the 1960s, have happened all across Canada and the US, and are still happening today. Authorities have yet to discover who, or what, is the cause.

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e0v1n TIL that shipwreck hunter Tommy G. Thompson is imprisoned and fined 1,000$ per day for not revealing where he hides the gold he found and had promised to split with investors
M7yKA TIL that lots of famous artists have died in plane crashes, including Glenn Miller when his military plane fell from the sky, Buddy Holly while on an airplane, Patsy Cline who's manager flew in bad weather and John Denver who piloted a home-built aircraft he had recently purchased.
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