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TIL Joe Montana helped cement his nickname “Joe Cool” after calming his team down in Super Bowl XXIII by pointing out John Candy sitting in the stands

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N7w1M TIL in 1971, a mother reported to Houston police a Plymouth GTX, a vehicle her missing son was last seen in. She provided the license plate. No one looked into it. It belonged to Dean Corll, and his killing spree lasted 2 more years.
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