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9oZr TIL of “The Lipstick Killer”, William Heirens. In the 1940s he was convicted of killing 6-year-old Suzanne Degnan, Frances Brown and Josephine Ross. Heirens got his nickname because he wrote, “For heaven’s sake, catch me before I kill more. I cannot control myself,” on Brown’s wall in lipstick.
a86MM TIL that following their execution (by beheading) for treason, the heads of Baron Saye and his son-in-law were unceremoniously impaled on pikes by a mob and pushed together so that they appeared to kiss.
BrEOW TIL In 2018, the President of Liberia declared that the University of Liberia and all other public universities in Liberia tuition free, making Liberia an example to other African nations on the continent
epO9J TIL About the Solar gravitational lens, where in deep space you can use the Sun as a telescope lens.
X0X1k TIL that teeth grinding in kids can be tied to them having intenstinal worms.