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TIL Dennis Rader, the “BTK” killer, contacted police and asked “Can I communicate with Floppy and not be traced to computer? Be honest.” Police told him he could, and Rader sent them a disk. Forensic analysts then identified him through metadata from a deleted MS Word file the disk contained.

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5VevQ TIL Procrastination is not a result of laziness or poor time management. Scientific studies suggest procrastination is due to poor mood management.
67EW TIL Richard Berry, the writer of Louie Louie, was living on welfare at his mom’s house in the mid 80s. A company wanted to use the song in a commercial and sent a lawyer to him. The lawyer suggested Berry attempt to gain rights to his song, resulting in a settlement and making Berry a millionaire.
k8mB TIL Lady Astor, the first female British MP, was constantly at odds with British PM Winston Churchill. During a debate, she declared that if married to him, she’d have poisoned his tea. Churchill responded ‘Madam, if I was your husband, I would drink it.’
R707a TIL that "sperm washing" is a fertility technique used when a couple want to make a baby but the male partner is HIV+, so the sperm are washed to remove the HIV virus so it doesn't get transmitted to the mother or child.
GAnDE TIL about Sunflower Syndrome. A poorly understood type of epilepsy, sufferers are drawn to seeking out and looking at bright light (including the sun). This results in a brief hand-waving gesture across the face, or eye-flickering seizure up to hundreds of times a day.