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TIL Diogo Alves committed the famous “Aqueduct Murders” 1836-1840 and was the penultimate person to be hanged in Portugal. Scientists wanted to study the brain of a serial killer and so preserved his head in a glass vessel. It is still viewed today in the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Medicine.

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NkZb TIL Ireland is the only country in the world that has a lower population today than they did in 1841. Ireland’s population in 1841 was 8.2 million - today it’s population is only 6.4 million. Still showing the long-lasting effects of the Great Famine
5Y6mB TIL fruit flies lay 500 eggs at a time on the fruit in your kitchen. By reusing wine corks in your fruit bowl, they absorb moisture from the ripening fruit and put off a fragrance that repel the pesky bugs.
4XlOa Today I Learned that a woman could experience orgasm from brushing her teeth. Unfortunately, she thought that this was due to her beging possessed by demons and ended up using mouthwash more frequently for her oral hygiene
8ewnK TIL that the British used to dock decommissioned ships in the harbor and use them as prisons. More Americans died on these ships during the American Revolution than in every battle of the war combined.
mxBYY TIL Concrete is made from water-eroded quartz sand, and we're running out of it