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TIL of Sumanto, a cannibal who dug up corpses of recently dead people then ate them as part of a black magic ritual to make himself "invulnerable".

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b9N4a TIL that Bob Clark directed Black Christmas (1974), one of the most terrifying holiday films of all time; just under a decade later, he directed A Christmas Story (1983), one of the most beloved holiday films of all time.
w1d7 TIL that January was named after Janus, the Roman God with two faces - one that looks back to the past and the other that looks forward to the future.
d9dZ TIL that the Mongols pulled their bowstrings back with their thumb. To prevent damage to their thumbs they created thumb rings.
vPBWK TIL as a teenager, noted skeptic James Randi found a pastor who claimed he could read minds. After performing the same cold-reading trick on the parishioners, the pastor's wife called police who then jailed him.
dwV9 TIL that hacker Adrian Lamo was asked to demonstrate his abilities for an NBC news segment. He then proceeded to gain access to NBC’s internal network. NBC canceled the segment.