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TIL that a man named Peter Niers killed 544 people and was subsequently executed over a 3 day period which included having strips of flesh pulled from his skin and hot oil poured into the wounds.

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N55N TIL there is a statue of a dragon in Poland that breathes actual fire on demand, when a text message is received.
P58J TIL a man, instructed by the “holy spirit”, spent 32 days answering more than 500 calls at the Mojave Phone Booth, located 8 miles from the nearest paved road and 15 from the nearest numbered highway. These calls included several from someone who ID themselves as “Sergeant Zeno from the Pentagon”
R5LKw TIL In 2001, a Yakuza mob boss named Tadamasa Goto gave a $100,000 donation to UCLA. In exchange, they gave him a liver transplant, allowing him to jump the queue. That same year, 186 people in the Los Angeles area died while waiting for a liver transplant. The FBI was also involved.
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