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TIL that after writing Pet Sematary, Stephen King hid it away and intended to never publish it, believing it was too disturbing. It was only published because his contract with a former publisher required him to give them one more novel. He considers it the scariest thing he's ever written.

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P1peL TIL About a 2009 boating accident that Nick Schuyler survived while his three friends, including NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, died. (Without Hope, by Nick Schuyler and Jeré Longman, and Joe Carnahan said to be working on adaptation)
den7 TIL In 2011, a man killed his wife inside the Walmart she was working at. Rather than close the store, they chose to just rope off the gore-splattered area while police investigated.
kJPZW TIL there's a live stream for the bridge between Buffalo, NY and Fort Erie, Ont. that has been operating for 18 months straight
Z8myD TIL of Dwayne Stafford, the man who became a legend by sneaking out of his jail cell and beating Dylan Roof, the shooter of a church in Charleston, SC. He then began a GoFundMe account, and earned enough money for bond, and the legend grew
NX0mP TIL the 1958 Disney nature film White Wilderness staged a lemming death plunge, pushing dozens of lemmings off a cliff while cameras were rolling. This perpetuated the myth that lemmings commit mass-suicide for years to come.