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TIL That Ted Bundy helped detectives by giving his perspective as a serial killer to help capture Gary Ridgeway, The Green River Killer.

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Eg9pP TIL about Arthur Whitfield, an English physician and pioneer of dermatology. Whitfield discovered that athlete's foot (tinea pedis) was caused by a fungus infection, and created a treatment for it called "Whitfield's ointment."
Ryr4 TIL that hard disks are so sensitive to vibration, that just screaming at them diminishes their performance
d87P8 TIL the WWE is staged - completely scripted
LkxDZ TIL The tuxedo is named after Tuxedo Park a Hudson valley enclave for NY Social elite. The first one was made for the prince of Wales (king Edward VII) by Henry Poole tailors in Savile Row.
9w6j7 TIL that Major League Baseball Player Moe Berg was recruited by American Intelligence to assassinate Werner Von Heisenberg during WWII