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TIL Luis "The Beast" Garavita, the world's most prolific serial killer, was sentenced to 1853 years in prison for the deaths of 193 children in Colombia, but his sentence was reduced to 22 years after he helped the police find many of the victims' bodies. He becomes eligible for parole this year.

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6EEeY TIL that Osama bin Laden's computer, alongside popular movies like Charlie Bit My Finger, it also had a 9/11 truther video
9YYOp TIL Tutti Frutti literally means "all fruits"
VK1Q TIL that a woman struck and killed a teenage boy while driving her SUV, then sued the dead boy and his family because the event caused her “emotional distress”.
jNORM TIL the Red, White, & Blue Bomb Pop was created the summer of 1955 as Cold War tensions between the US and Soviet Union were heating up, with nervousness and caution surrounding a possibility of nuclear war building to a fever pitch. Marketed as a Patriotic Popsicle, associated with the 4th of July.
WkDQA TIL: the Wow! signal, discovered by volunteers, remains the strongest evidence of extraterrestrial communication. The "Big Ear" observatory was since dismantled to make room for a golf course expansion.