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TIL that a handwriting expert believes the ransom note for six year old JonBenet Ramsey was written by the child's mother. JonBenet was allegedly kidnapped on December 26th 1996, but her dead body was found in the Ramsey family's basement. There were no signs of forced entry.

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9YWLM TIL that Frank Sheeran, the mob hitman whose life is depicted in Martin Scorsese's film "The Irishman," participated in the Dachau Massacre, during which scores of SS concentration camp guards were executed en masse by U.S. G.I.s after the camp was liberated in April 1945.
W7KN TIL that a snozzberry is used by Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) as a euphemism for male genitalia.
YRBv TIL January 8, 1835 is the only day where the United States was completely debt free.
4XJr6 TIL during a 2006-2007 tour of Afghanistan one Royal Marine sniper managed to kill over 90 Taliban fighters in just one day.
5Yv1R TIL in 1886, the Germans sent a mission to Chile to help train and modernise the Chilean army. As a result of the Germans overhaul of their army, the ceremonial uniforms, weapons and marching songs are all German or German based, and military parades look like a step into Germany 150 years ago.