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TIL the Creator of Kwanzaa was convicted of assault and imprisonment for group torture of two women through beating them with an electrical cord, burning them with a soldering iron, forcing water and detergent down their throats, and striking them with toasters.

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BrOod TIL Carlos was dubbed "The Jackal" by The Guardian after one of its correspondents reportedly spotted Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel The Day of the Jackal near some of the fugitive's belongings
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