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TIL Serial Killer BTK worked for a home security company and installed systems in the homes of numerous citizens who were concerned about the murders he himself had committed.

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Br4oD TIL of angel gowns. Wedding dresses are donated to charities and people sew them into infant sized dresses for deceased infants that died in NICU. Grieving families can take pictures or baptize their babies prior to laying them to rest. These are made through no cost of the family.
p8axG TIL that in 2017 astronomers detected 100 Earths' worth of gold being forged in space. They revealed the first-ever detection of two neutron stars colliding in space. "You smash these two things together at one-third the speed of light, and that's how you make gold," said astronomer Duncan Brown.
b9JO7 TIL That Salvator Mundi, a painting of Christ holding a crystal orb, by Leonardo Da Vinci, is the current most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction. In 2017, it sold for $450.3M. In contrast, in 2005, at pre restoration, it sold for less than $10,000, as sellers believed it was a mere copy.
y6da TIL of the existence of Truckers Against Trafficking a group of volunteer truckers who work together and train others to spot human traffickers…
lw7N TIL “fylleangst” (pronounced foola angst) is a unique Norwegian word to describe “Drunk anxiety”, which is the unsettling feeling one has the day after drinking when you can’t remember what you did, how you acted or god forbid, who may have seen you.