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TIL: a 22 year old missing persons case was solved in 2017 when someone spotted the missing man's car in a pond just a few yards from a neighbouring house in Google maps

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ZBxo TIL about Derek Black, son of former KKK Grand Wizard Don Black and Godson of David Duke. Derek; the host of a white nationalist radio show and heir-apparent leader of the “white nationalists” publicly renounced his beliefs and broke all ties with the group in 2012 - at the age of 23.
N7P6b TIL one of the highest paid jobs in the country is a Harbor Pilot, where they specialize in piloting large cargo ships into shipping ports with precision; they can earn over $400,000 a year
nBlB TIL of Terry Ryan, a 13 year old Australian schoolboy who was kidnapped along with his friend Peter Aston by two strangers in 1982. Ryan only survived by helping in the assault, live burial and eventual murder of his friend. His kidnappers then dropped him home.
a8Eby TIL: Drowning is by far the most common cause of death for Hawaiian tourists, with the majority of those deaths happening while snorkeling.
e0Qyn TIL that Turtle Island is a name for North America used by some Indigenous and First Nations people and by some Indigenous rights activists, based on the Iroquois belief that the earth is supported on the back of a gigantic turtle called Hah-nu-nah