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Today I learned that the infamous serial killer Ted Bundy once rescued a child from drowning.

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8epMX TIL that Finnish NHL player Esa Tikkanen was known for his indecipherable speech called Tiki-Talk or Tikkanese. Wayne Gretzky once remarked, "He brings something special. I don't know what it is, but if you ask him, you couldn't understand his answer."
BG4K TIL that one man, Raymond Loewy, designed the Coca-Cola bottle, the logos for Shell and Exxon, the Greyhound bus, the Lucky Strike cigarette pack, and the S1 Locomotive
Oo57X TIL that sea urchins got their name because they resemble hedgehogs, which used to be called "urchins." Sea urchins also used to be called "sea hedgehogs".
5YL0r TIL there is a Pakistan Blind Cricket Council that forms blind cricket teams and organizes games.
xVBOk TIL In 1828, 40-year-old artist Sarah Goodridge painted a miniature portrait of her own breasts imbued with a "paleness and buoyancy" and gave it to a U.S. Senator she may have wanted to marry. His family kept it for over 50 years and it now hangs at the Met Museum.