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TIL that while in the Congo, “James Jameson, heir to an Irish whiskey manufacturer, bought an eleven-year old girl and offered her to cannibals in order to document and sketch how she was cooked and eaten.”

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lA0N TIL there are 558,000 USA WWII veterans still alive today.
BrkGk TIL that in 1997, Julie Rea Harper scuffled with a man in her home who had broken in and killed her son. She was initially tried and convicted of the murder, but after a later apprehension, serial killer Tommy Lynn Sells admitted to Harper's account and his guilt, resulting in Harper's exoneration.
oBAJR TIL that the Dating Game serial killer, who murdered at least 8 young girls, studied film under Roman Polanski
77bZ TIL that Rolex is owned by a non-profit trust which gives Nobel type cash awards for worthy innovative business ideas.
e01vE TIL of "floating armories". Private military companies providing security against Somali pirates will station ships full of weapons in international waters. Other ships pick up and drop off weapons in the middle of the ocean, to avoid illegally bringing weapons into anyone's territorial waters.