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TIL Joe Metheny, serial only cooked his victims to eat himself, he also made burgers with their remains and sold them to unsuspecting customers from a roadside food stand.

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yxBv TIL that a Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa, was dropped from delivering a speech on “what the food industry could do to improve public health” - because he exposed the deceptive marketing used by top brands. So he released it on YouTube and got 300,000 views.
l71VV TIL if Greece restores their royal family, the monarch would the Crown Prince Pav́los. He is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria and Spanish, Danish and Swedish Kings. He is currently lives in New York City and runs a hedge fund.
nvMY TIL that the US Republican Party was founded on anti-slavery in 1854 and was considered a ‘3rd party’ when candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected president just 6 years later.
4kBWJ TIL that there exists a rare phenomenon called "sun pillars," which are vertical shafts of light extending upward from the sun during sunrise or sunset. These optical illusions are caused by the reflection and refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
xoEw TIL that the danger from accidentally dropping one of the lamps used in an IMAX projector is so great that projectionists must wear body armor while doing so