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TIL of Mary Ann, who was suspected of murdering as many as 21 people, including 11 of her 13 children.

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v9Jx TIL that the 7th time that park ranger Roy Sullivan was struck by lightning coincided with the 22nd time he fought off a bear with a stick.
VMLJ8 TIL that Mister Rogers once used an egg timer and simply let it run for sixty seconds on a television broadcast—in order to demonstrate how long a minute is. Unlike most TV made for kids, "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood" was deliberately slow and contemplative.
8e0yK TIL Hitler was almost killed by a malfunctioning V-1 bomb after it hit his headquarters where he was planning his defense against the Normandy landings.
kk51 TIL the day after John W Snow was sworn in as Treasury Secretary, his brokers bought $10m in debt holdings. When questioned about this in 2004, John Snow said he knew nothing
J1OMm TIL There is no patent for the chicken nugget. The process to make the processed poultry product was invented by Robert C. Baker, a food sciences professor at Cornell University who published papers pertaining to possible poultry recipes in the 1950s.