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TIL In 1980 a US sailor killed a Kenyan woman after a sexual escapade by repeatedly stabbing her with a broken beer bottle. He confessed to the murder, but the judge fined him KES 500 (4.57 USD) and made him sign a two-year bond of good behaviour (meaning he was free). He later killed 3 more women.

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