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TIL Serial killer Marcel Petriot joined the hunt for himself

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0W5v TIL that Edgar Allan Poe died at age 40 after being found on a Baltimore street delirious “in great distress, and… in need of immediate assistance”. He never regained coherency before his death and to this day, the cause of his death remains a mystery.
QJmJM TIL a snap of the finger produces the highest rotational acceleration observed in humans
oB5NY TIL that the US didn't need to atom bomb Japan to end the WWII, but it did so anyway. Absolute unit of a flex IMO.
M7Blb TIL about neuroathletic training. It focuses on the brain's control system rather than traditional physical movement, using sensory activation to overcome training plateaus. This triggers blocked motor processes, improves movement improve blood flow in the brain, and helps in athletic performances
0dyvN TIL in 2011 a tiger at a Turkish zoo snuck its front paw through a narrow gap in a door and proceeded to kill the lion that resided in the adjacent cage by severing the lion's jugular vein with a single swipe of its paw.