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TIL that the fiancée of the future serial killer Paul Knowles visited a Psychic medium. The Medium warned her that her fiancée was a “dangerous man”, and she needs to leave him. She called off the wedding and cut off contact with Knowles

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rRKMy TIL that the tanuki, also known as "japanese raccoon dog", is neither a raccoon or a dog.
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GYpE1 TIL that Hallmark Channel Christmas movies always have some snow, but not a lot, because they film in summer and fake snow costs too much. Each movie has a budget of about $2 million, which is what most TV episodes cost.
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Ove1 TIL that the SriLankan Airlines president sacked the CEO after he refused to move business class passengers to economy to give their seats to the airline’s president’s family. He appointed his brother-in-law instead, who lacked experience. In 7 years the airline accumulated US$875 million in losses