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TIL of a Brazilian cannibal couple that killed two women and sold their flesh stuffed in meat pies for unsuspecting people in the city

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kLmg TIL Deon Francois owes $400/week in child support after his ex-wife stole a notary seal, forged his signature and gained access to sperm that NYU’s sperm bank was supposed to have disposed of. He later sued NYU and the notary for $9 million.
BROL TIL The word “font” actually only refers to things like ‘bold’ or 'italics’ and the actual style of the letters is called a 'typeface’
R5Mg8 TIL actor Brian Dennehy, who played Sheriff Will Teasle in “Rambo: First Blood”, lied about serving in Vietnam, and being wounded in combat more than once. Though he was a Marine for four years, he was never in combat during the Vietnam War, a fallacy he admitted in 1998.
GePJ TIL - The famous 80’s song Tom’s Diner formed the basis for an algorithm for sound compression that created the MP3, giving the Artist, Suzanne Vega the nickname of ‘The Mother of MP3’
d8dlQ TIL Emilio Salgari, Italy's greatest adventure writer and the "Father of Spaghetti Western", never traveled outside Italy, all he knew about foreign cultures he learned from books and travel manuals.