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TIL Five Native American Tribes recognize same-sex marriage

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07Nv TIL One of the most notorious serial killers was released in 1998 for $50 bail on good behavior. Pedro López was convicted of 110 murders in 1983. With his whereabouts unknown, Interpol has issued for his rearrest for another murder in 2002.
neA4b TIL there is a neurological condition called Witzelsucht that gives one an "uncontrollable tendency to pun"
bd77 TIL a four year old boy named Bobby Dunbar went missing on a family trip, 8 months later he was found and reunited with his family. Nearly 100 years later, DNA proved that the child reunited with the Dunbar family was not Bobby but rather a boy named Charles Anderson
yQAAv TIL that cement is to concrete as flour is to cake. Cement is a component of concrete.
oBebL TIL Paul McCartney wrote Paperback Writer when one of his aunts asked him to write "a single that wasn't about love". When he saw Ringo Starr reading a book, he decided that the single would be about a book.