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TIL a woman put cyanide in pill bottles of Excedrin and placed them on the shelves of stores. This led to the deaths of her husband and a 40 year old woman.

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5j7Q TIL about green boots, a man who died during his climbing of Mt. Everest, his body is now used as a land mark to gauge how far from the summit climbers are
1V7P TIL that after impeachment failed against Sioux tribal chairman Dick Wilson, more than 50 of his political opponents died violently over the next two years.
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rrQx TIL that in 1958, Robert Lane named his child Winner. He named his next child loser. Winner went on to go to prison, while loser became an NYPD Sergeant.