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TIL of Ong's Hat; One of the earliest Internet-based secret history conspiracy theories

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ay4b TIL of the Hinterkaifeck murders in 1922. The farmer claimed he saw footsteps leading to the home, but not away. The family was later speculated to have been lured, one by one, into the barn where they were killed.
R79GQ TIL that the US court confirmed that Snuggies are blankets, not clothes
mPKx TIL that Billy Gumboots the goat, president of the small NZ town of Whangamomona from 1999 to 2001, was elected after he ate the opponent candidates’ ballot papers and died in office 18 months later. Tai the Poodle was then elected, but retired after less than a year due to an assassination attempt.
57g9 TIL that many small spiders, insects, viruses and bacteria float 1000’s of feet above the ground. They are guided by the atmosphere, and are the terrestrial analogue to ocean plankton.
GjWQ TIL: In 2014 The International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology accepted an article whose content was “Get me off your fucking mailing list.” repeated for ten pages.