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TIL a Ted Bundy survivor's son didn't know his mom was a Bundy victim until he was almost 40. She says she didn't hide it from him, she just didn't want Bundy to haunt his childhood.

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D7pY TIL Burger King is called Hungry Jack’s in Australia because when they began to expand operations to the country they found out ‘Burger King’ was already trademarked by a take-away food shop in Adelaide.
5VrJP TIL the 1981 Nashville Sounds went 81-62 (.566) winning the Western Division of the Southern League (AA). Their star players were Don Mattingly and Willie McGee, who were both 1985 MLB MVP's.
JY7XB TIL In 1386 a pig was accused of eating a child, a trial was held and the pig was given human clothes, the pig was determined guilty and sentenced to death by public hanging
KVlJ TIL the concept of the “rap battle” has existed since the 5th century, where poets would engage in “flyting,” a spoken word event where poets would insult one another in verse. The Norse god Loki is noted as having insulted other gods in verse.
Z89jD TIL When Terry Pratchett was knighted, he forged his own sword out of meteorite and 81kg of ore that he dug up and smelted using a makeshift kiln. Finished with silver and stored in a secret location, he said: It annoys me that knights aren't allowed to carry their swords. That would be knife crime.