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TIL how Jeffrey Dahmer would torment guards in prison and threaten to cannibalize them

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0wdp5 TIL that Bumblebees were originally called Humblebees until about the mid 20th Century.
xRdw TIL that there is a math version of Scrabble, with 0~9, + - * / ^ and ≡ (always equal) tiles. A legal “word” is a correct equation.
LQN9P TIL that most states in the USA have an official state fossil, for example the Stegosaurus stenops for Colorado.
N74ye TIL that Carl C. Brigham, a eugenist, used an intelligence test to determine the intellect of recruits for WW1. He concluded that the mixing of races is what was leading to the downfall of American education. He later adapted the test for higher education and it is now known as the SAT.
Br5Kd TIL over 62,000 Swedes were sterilized as part of a national program grounded on eugenic, medical and social grounds. This program continued into the 70's.