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TIL that Brent Koster was recently paroled after serving 50 years in prison for picking up women in his hometown by car and transporting them to remote areas and murdering them. He recently tried to start an Uber type service, ... in his hometown.

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gex9 TIL Carolina Panthers tackle Mike Remmers loved “The Blind Side”, the movie based on Michael Oher’s life. Remmers loved it so much that he chose to wear #74, Michael Oher’s number, and refused to give it up when the real Michael Oher joined his team. Michael Oher now wears #73.
PYpyw TIL Mexico City's government was so impressed by the Day of the Dead parade in the film Spectre (2015) that they recreated the event for locals and tourists in 2016; 250k people attended the event and it has been annually ongoing ever since.
xPZB TIL that the President of Uruguay donates 90% of his salary to charity, lives in a farmhouse, and drives an ‘87 VW Beetle.
4Anb TIL due to a Gypsy crime wave, city officials in Milan authorised police to set up an undercover operation that used hidden cameras and telephone taps to make arrests. The investigation found some children were generating up to $15,000 to $20,000 a month from their criminal activities.
wPn8 TIL that actor Paul Marcarelli - the Verizon Wireless “Can you hear me now?” guy - told “The Atlantic” magazine that the catchphrase plagues him so much that someone even said it to him at his grandmother’s funeral as her casket was being lowered into the cemetery plot.