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TIL: “ADT” Security Company employed serial killer Dennis Rader, who would disable the alarm systems he installed before proceeding to rape and murder the occupants.

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Y7n0r TIL of the pirate William Dampier, who wrote the first guacamole recipe, and gave us words like chopsticks, barbecue, and breadfruit.
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