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TIL a drifter named Theodore Coneys, AKA the Denver Spider Man, broke into a man’s house and hid in the tiny attic, ended up murdering the man, then continued to hide in the attic for months during the murder investigation, while the murdered man’s wife still lived in the house.

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Y7mPd TIL that car horn testing is important, and countries like India get highly reliable horns. People honk almost constantly in that part of the world.
OPrR TIL that Mata Hari, courtesan and double agent, refused a blindfold and blew a kiss to the French firing squad that executed her on this day in 1917.
5VdBp TIL Sweet Potatoes are not actually potatoes, but more closely related to Morning Glory
8e1VZ TIL that in 1985 an Army supply clerk at Fort Carson, Colorado accidentally ordered a $28,000 anchor instead of a $6 lamp due to mistyping the requisition number. Nobody in the supply chain asked why a mechanized unit needed a 10 ton anchor until it arrived.
x6A6g TIL about the submarine USS R-14, who in during a rescue mission in 1921 had its fuel contaminated with seawater, cause the loss of battery power and radio communication. Its crew were able to make the 161 mile return trip to homeport by creating sails out of hammocks and blankets.