Albert Fish - American serial killer, rapist, child molester, and cannibal who committed at least three child murders from July 1924 to June 1928. ( en.wikipedia.org )
The most insane wikipedia article I know. Many paragraphs describe events that seem like the worst thing that could happen, but then the next paragraph is somehow worse.
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Coastline paradox - Wikipedia ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Murder of Zebb Quinn - American teenager who went missing with his abandoned car containing a live puppy, drawing of a pair of lips, and an exclamation mark on the back window ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Covina massacre - Mass murder carried out on Christmas Eve by a disgruntled ex-husband wearing a Santa suit in LA County, California ( en.wikipedia.org )
Death of Gareth Williams - Welsh mathematician and Junior Analyst who was found dead in suspicious circumstances at a Security Service safe house ( en.wikipedia.org )
Breast ironing - Practice of pounding and massaging of a pubescent girl's breasts to try to make them stop developing or disappear as a way to protect the girl from sexual harassment and rape ( en.wikipedia.org )
The Monster with 21 Faces - Alias used by the group responsible for the blackmail letters in the Glico Morinaga extortion case in Japan ( en.wikipedia.org )
Today is the 11,067th day of Eternal September ( en.wikipedia.org )
Eternal September or the September that never ended is Usenet slang for a period beginning around 1993 when Internet service providers began offering Usenet access to many new users. The flood of new users overwhelmed the existing culture for online forums and the ability to enforce existing norms. AOL followed with their Usenet...
2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident - Wikipedia ( en.wikipedia.org )
In which our hero played flight simulator for reals.
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Inokashira Park dismemberment incident - Unsolved murder in Tokyo noted for the victim's body being cut into 20cm pieces with precision equated to that of a highly trained medical professional ( en.wikipedia.org )
Operation Midnight Climax - Sub-project of MKUltra in which prostitutes on the CIA payroll were instructed to lure clients and surreptitiously plied with LSD and other substances ( en.wikipedia.org )
Aradale Mental Hospital - Australia's largest and most haunted abandoned asylum ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL that in 1848 a railroad worker survived an accident where an iron bar pierced through his head, destroying most of his left frontal lobe. However, his personality and behavior changed considerably ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Henry Kissinger is dead ( en.wikipedia.org )
Excerpt from Henry Kissinger and the Vietnam War...
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Cara Knott - murdered by a CHP officer of 13 years who had been targeting women on an isolated stretch of highway ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Sharon Lopatka - Female entrepreneur who used the internet in 1996 to seek someone willing to fulfill her fantasy of being tortured to death ( en.wikipedia.org )
Year Without a Summer - Severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by 0.4–0.7 °C (0.7–1 °F) in 1816 ( en.wikipedia.org )
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TIL about the Hairy frog, remarkable not only for its hairlike structures, but also for intentionally breaking its bones of the toe and use the sharpened bones as claws. ( en.wikipedia.org )
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West Mesa murders - Mass grave in Albuquerque initially believed to be the work of a serial killer but later revealed to be that of a sex-trafficking ring ( en.wikipedia.org )
Bell Witch ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Venereology - Merzbow album that gained notoriety for the loudness of its mastering, which violated American limitations on the dynamic range allowed on CD ( en.wikipedia.org )
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Signal 30 - An award-winning social guidance film that features graphic footage of crashed automobiles and their horrifically injured and dismembered occupants ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL that in 1968, Liechtenstein held a referendum on women's suffrage where both men and women were allowed to vote. Despite this, the No-side won with 56.3% of the total and 49.5% of the women vote ( en.wikipedia.org )
Women's suffrage would not be introduced in Liechtenstein until 1984.
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Moscow theater hostage crisis ( en.wikipedia.org )
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