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TIL Netherlands Closed Eight Prisons Due To Lack Of Criminals

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kLj7 TIL Martin Scorsese directed the music video to Bad by Michael Jackson
N7EW1 TIL there is a disease for plants literally named "BroomRape"
wP1M TIL 25 scientists who worked on the Star Wars defense program died in a short span of time under mysterious circumstances.
6EbGY TIL a nurse named Niels Högel is one of the most prolific medical serial killers of all time (85 confirmed, 300+ suspected). He administered lethal doses of heart meds to patients so he could try to revive them in front of colleagues for attention and praise.
9wpV7 TIL JFK experienced chronic back pain. He underwent 4 back operations, including a discectomy, an instrumentation and fusion, and 2 minor surgeries that failed to improve his pain.