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TIL of "Doctor" Linda Hazzard, who in the early 20th century killed at least a dozen patients, who coincidentally had just added her to their wills, by "treating" them with 30-40 day total starvation therapy. At first she couldn't be prosecuted because her patients signed up willingly.

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YQP TIL that the Soviets landed a spacecraft on Venus and took pictures of the surface…4 times!
7Vyr TIL after WWII, a group of Jewish-extremists formulated a Holocaust-revenge plan to kill 6 million German citizens by poisoning the water-supply of Munich, Berlin, Weimar, Nuremberg and Hamburg. However, it was foiled by British police while the poison was in transit to Germany.
p8NmZ TIL that while everyone thought of Issac Newton as a man of physics and calculus, his real passion was alchemy and spent most of his time attempting to make a philosopher’s stone – a rock that could transform any metal into gold and make people immortal.
R5Ljw TIL in an Indian action film KGF: Chapter 1, the actor who played the villain, Ramachandra Raju, was originally a bodyguard of Yash, the star playing the hero. He garnered acclaim for his portrayal of the villain.
pYyZp TIL: Of the ~16 million Americans who served during WWII, there are around 119,550 who are still remaining