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TIL there is a 31 year old, unsolved, brutal quadruple murder. Men, women and children were murdered and kidnapped. But 3 young boys were found, uninjured, in the bedroom the next morning. Authorities don’t know who did it, or why.

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xBPw TIL Congressman James Traficant was indicted for allegedly taking more than a $100K in bribes during his campaign for county sheriff. At trial, Traficant claimed that he was simply trying to infiltrate the Mafia. “I got inside of the Mob,” he insisted, adding, “I fucked the Mob.” He was acquitted.
LkLb9 TIL Dandelions are not indigenous to North America and were introduced by European settlers
mxPyM TIL # is called an octothorp
AKMd TIL More then 1,400 children where abducted, raped, tortured and trafficked in the sex trade from England between 1997 and 2013. The government covered it up because it would be “giving oxygen” to racism.
9wpNM TIL that the timeframe between 9 BC and 9 AD is known as the "0s". The world population at the time is speculated to have been 150-300 million people, 3.75% of the population today.