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TIL 26 kids were found after being featured in the video for the song "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum in 1993. The version shown in Australia showed a number of young backpacking tourists. Several of them turned out to be victims of Ivan Milat, the Backpacker Murderer.

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AN6rB TIL The initials GTT ("Gone to Texas") came into use in the first half of the nineteenth century, when Texas had the reputation for producing and harboring outlaws. The letters were often chalked on the doors of houses in the Southern states to tell where the occupants had gone.
XEOEk TIL that China has only one time zone – despite spanning 5 geographical ones
4XgvJ TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all of their ink cartridges
4XZgN TIL the first African American senator assumed office in 1897 was Blanche Bruce
0an5 TIL that there is a cafe/concert venue, called Che Cafe, on University of California San Diego campus that the city and school shut down almost a year ago. The patrons have had a 24/7 sit in since the eviction notice keeping it open, and continues to do regular concerts.