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TIL in India a serial rapist was lynched to death by 200 women in front of judge inside court premises.

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KOEPa TIL Yogi Bear used to be the mascot of a chicken restaurant franchise, and when they all closed, the statues were dumped in the middle of a forest. This site became a tourist attraction in and of itself, known as the "Yogi Bear Graveyard".
dDXad TIL The Miami Intermodal Center, located near Miami International Airport, was supposed to have an Amtrak station but it was discovered that Amtrak had forgotten to account for their longer winter trains while the platform was being built and trains would've block an adjacent road crossing.
4kDeg TIL that Barry O'Brien who wrote for Filmation's Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night movie went on to write Hannah Montana decades later...
LQoQ9 TIL after he died, all of Nikola Tesla's belongings were confiscated by the FBI
L0OQ TIL The United States ranks number 1 in number of internet hosts with 505 million. Number 2 is Japan with 64.5 million.