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TIL that the most prolific serial killer of the 20th century (300+ victims) is currently free and his whereabouts unknown.

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941r TIL that according to the ‘Copyright Act 1911’ The British Library must receive a copy of every item published or distributed in the United Kingdom (including pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, sheet music and maps) in a practice know as 'legal deposit’, which can be traced back to at least 1610.
x6beD TIL of the "Shoe Fitting Flouroscope" or "X-Ray Shoe Fitter" which existed in shoe stores up until the 70's - Allowing customers (mostly children) to look through a viewer at a live X-Ray of their feet, to see the bones of their toes and how they lined up with the stitching of the shoe's sole.
1QL8 TIL that Kurt Russell was actually the director of Tombstone, but kept his name off the credits by hiring a “ghost director”, someone who would be credited but was not allowed to make any decisions for himself and was only allowed to do what Russel told him.
1aXLP TIL the CIA may have written Winds of Change by Scorpions to fell communism.
4kOQX TIL the Story of Mihailo Tolotos, the Greek Monk Who Lived a Lifetime Without Seeing a Woman