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TIL Serial killing is largely an American phenomenon, with nearly 70% of all serial killers on record being American.

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dny9 TIL While playing Chess a female contestant can only open 2 buttons from the top on her shirt
BgW7K TIL that while Bram Stoker’s Dracula character was loosely based on Vlad Tepes the Impaler, his appearance and personality were drawn from the actor Henry Irving, an imposing egoist with a strong aquiline nose, whom Stoker managed while writing the book.
e0Gyb TIL that Kim Pyong-il, Kim Jong-il's brother, was assigned as an ambassador for 40 years to ensure he couldn't influence North Korean politics: he was sent to Yugoslavia in 1979, then to Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland, Poland and the Czech Republic, and didn't return to his home country until 2019.
8aDdK TIL there are more people who learned English as a second language than native speakers.
mxngo TIL Mike Tyson's Training Regiment included waking up at 4am, jogging 5-miles. Then he would do 2000 sit-ups, 500 pushups, 500 dips, 500 shrugs and about 30 minutes of neck bridges daily. He repeated this 6 days a week.