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TIL of the FBI's US highway serial killer initiative. According to reports, at any given time, there are numerous serial killers doubling as long haul drivers that are able to kill with little chance of being caught.

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Lor0 TIL that the Queen of England’s portrait has been on enough international money to make a progressive timeline of her aging.
dn78 TIL a US cargo plane crashed while moving children from Vietnam. American businessman Robert Macauley heard that it would take over a week to evacuate the survivors, so he chartered a Boeing 747 and arranged for 300 orphaned children to leave the country, paying for the trip by mortgaging his house.
W7Z7X TIL in 2008 and 2015, unmarked mass graves of were discovered in Michigan. They were from Northwest Orient 2501, a plane that vanished over Lake Michigan. Some debris was found, but the wreckage was never recovered. Some body parts were recovered and then buried in these graves.
R5ml TIL that there is a boat which sails around to countries with restrictive abortion laws, and offers abortions in international waters.
xVAVo TIL of Dodger, a ginger cat who was discovered by his owner to have been riding the public buses near his home in England, at least once taking a 10 mile round trip. The drivers give him food, he sits on passengers' laps, and drivers know which stop to let him off at.