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TIL that Jimmy Smits (Miguel) nearly killed a stunt man while shooting Dexter with a real knife.

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DrXD TIL The Hungarian serial killer Béla Kiss is thought to have murdered at least 23 young women and 1 man, and attempted to pickle them in giant metal drums. When WWI began, he was conscripted and left his house. When his crimes were discovered, he evaded capture and was never heard from again.
Eg110 TIL that in 1989, a pilot misunderstood a flight plan, resulting in the plane crashing in the Amazon jungle.
6EnvY TIL the identity of the man who provided critical details to WaPo, leading to the 1972 Watergate scandal, was kept secret until 2005. He went by the pseudonym Deep Throat.
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