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TIL a French serial killer (Henri D. Landru) was exposed because he always bought round-trip train tickets for himself but only one-way tickets for the women he murdered

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Bgy6L TIL About the botched execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, which occurred after a stay of execution was lifted and a central I.V. was misplaced several times. Smith was left hyperventilating and sweating, unable to move, but did not die. He's now scheduled to be executed in 2024 by Nitrogen.
E1W0x TIL that dog obesity is positively correlated with owner obesity. This effect is only seen in dogs and not cats. The study suggests that this correlation can be attributed to obese owners walking their dogs less. No explanation other than neutering is given for the variation in weight among cats.
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OlW4 TIL Jimi Hendrix and girlfriend Kathy Etchingham called each other by their middle names, Marshall and Mary. After an argument where Jimi complained about her lumpy mashed potatoes Etchingham stormed out into the street and left. When she returned the next day he had written ‘The Wind Cries Mary’
KOQ79 TIL when a persistent Washington DC bookstore clerk exposed Stephen King as the true author of books written under the name Richard Bachman, King's publishers sent out a press release announcing Bachman's death from "cancer of the pseudonym."