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TIL in 1970, a pizzeria owner tried to catch the Zodiac Killer by filming a movie about him and hosting a premiere party in San Francisco, in the hope that the actual killer would show up to see it

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1aalr TIL there is a theme park in China called Dwarf Kingdom where the main attraction is all the entertainment employees are of short stature
aLRN TIL that the great white sharks are not on top of the ocean food chain any more. There is a unknown creature taking bites out of them! 50 great white sharks this past year have shown up half eaten.
R7jL6 TIL about Albert Pierrepoint, an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. During his tenure he hanged over 200 people convicted of war crimes in Germany and Austria, as well as some high-profile murderers.
EgZAx TIL the Swedish band Ace of Base got its name after member Ulf Ekberg watched the video for Motörhead's "Ace of Spades" while hungover on New Year's Day in 1991.
Lkbd9 TIL Ottoman Sultan Bayezid and Tamerlane frequently trash-talked eachother by exchanging letters filled with personal insults