› added 9 years ago

76

TIL: 76% of all known serial killers in the 20th century were from the United States

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

oBvYr TIL Cindy Stowell had a lifelong dream to be a Jeopardy! contestant. In 2016 she made the show and in spite of the fact that she had Stage 4 cancer during the filming she became a six-time champion. She died shortly before her episodes aired and donated her $103K winnings to cancer organizations.
XrAE TIL Titanic II is currently being built and is set to sail in 2016
QNG8d TIL Iranian general Fathollah Minbashian was fired by Shah Pahlavi for being too resistant to foreign interests. After the Shah was overthrown, he offered to serve the new Islamic Republic, but they refused and ironically demanded that he report for the crime of collaborating with foreign powers.
VmJB TIL that in Judaism, finding someone a job that enables self-sufficiency is considered the highest form of charity.
R7yLl TIL about "Dixie Alley", an area of the Southeastern US that has more tornado-related deaths than anywhere in Tornado Alley (except Texas), and is experiencing increasing tornadic activity.