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TIL an app exists where you can call and wake up strangers.

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9YrvQ TIL of The Golden State Killer, a serial killer who committed more than 120 alleged burglaries, 50 assaults, and 13 murders in California. His operated from 1974-1986. There was a 5-year gap between his last 2 murders. He would phone and taunt his victims. A suspect was arrested in 2018.
AD4Ba TIL Virginia opossums only have a typical life span of 2-4 years with the oldest captured wild one being 3 years and the oldest in captivity being only 4 years and 5 months old. Common opossums lifespans are even shorter.
PYgWO TIL: In 2004 Weird Al Yankovic went on with a concert only a few hours after learning of his parents' deaths from a carbon monoxide leak, saying: "since my music had helped many of my fans through tough times, maybe it would work for me as well"
5VQpQ TIL beneath the Puerto Rico Trench is a mass so dense it has a gravitational pull on the surface of the ocean, causing it to dip somewhat. The Trench is also associated with the most negative gravity anomaly on earth, -380 milliGal, which indicates the presence of an active downward force.
ANYyo TIL people who learn to drive as teenagers during gas price shocks like the oil crises of the 1970s drive less even 20 years later in life