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TIL the targeted phishing of corporate executives is known as “Whaling”

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L7K0 TIL Laverne from Scrubs was only killed off because Bill Lawrence was under the impression that it would be the last season of the show. He promised her actor a role, and cast her as a near identical nurse named “Shirley”.
XE9wQ TIL that regularly hugging a loved one can increase oxytocin levels and lead to better overall health.
woEeY TIL Audrey Hepburn's mother met Hitler and wrote favorable articles about him for the British Union of Fascists
YpkZx TIL of “The Shadows from the Walls of Death”—an 86-paged book considered to be one of the deadliest tomes in the world. Each page contains a sample of wallpaper saturated in a lethal amount of arsenic and any contact with bare skin can prove fatal.
M7Lg7 TIL of Elizabeth Báthory. She is alleged to have killed more than 600 people in order to drink their blood and bathe in it, ostensibly to preserve her youth.