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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/phantom-killer

Despite hiding in plain sight, she was described as "the most mysterious serial killer of the past century". Who was the "Phantom of Heilbronn"?

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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/joe-arridy

This man was known as "the happiest prisoner on death row". How did Joe Arridy end up there in the first place?

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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/levitan

Workers in this store found themselves handling the most shocking of items. At one time the IKEA of its day, the Lévitan department store had a dark history

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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/dennys-closed

In 1988, restaurant chain Denny's decided to close for the first day ever. But they quickly made a startling discovery

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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/ada-blackjack

Sole survivor of a doomed Arctic expedition, she was called the "female Robinson Crusoe". The remarkable story of Ada Blackjack

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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/the-isolator

In 1925, Hugo Gernsback invented 'The Isolator'. Can you guess what it was for?

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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/civil-war-deaths

Can you guess the leading cause of death in the U.S. Civil War? Clue: It wasn't gunshots or artillery

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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/hyperinflation-play

There was once a year when children cut up a LOT of money. From building blocks to making kites, what was going on?

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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/invincible-soldier

He was known as "the soldier who could not be killed". The invincible man would later make a shocking statement.

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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/trooping-the-colour

We all have one, but any reigning British monarch has two. Can you guess what? Clue: The second one links to the weather

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@very-rusty said
https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/phantom-killer

Despite hiding in plain sight, she was described as "the most mysterious serial killer of the past century". Who was the "Phantom of Heilbronn"?

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Having lived there the first two and a half decades of my life I know without reading 😉


@ponderable said
Having lived there the first two and a half decades of my life I know without reading 😉
Having never lived there like many on this site, I didn't know.

I am sure there are some who don't live there who are well educated who would know.

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@ponderable said
Having lived there the first two and a half decades of my life I know without reading 😉
Please don't tell me it's you!


https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/evansville-crash

In 1977, a plane carrying a basketball team crashed in Indiana. Two weeks later, the story got even darker

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https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/hard-pillows

This item is found in every house, but it looks very different today. Can you guess what it is?

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