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TIL that from 1959 to 1984 London, Ontario, Canada was the serial killer capital of the world

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BrPOe TIL that the first Diet Soda was "No-Cal Ginger Ale". It was originally developed in 1952 for Diabetics and used the sweetener Calcium Cyclamate, which is presently banned in the United States.
VkOB TIL there is a town in Nebraska with a population of 1.
GYGj7 TIL: In early medieval Europe there were no witch trials. Christian churches taught that magic was not real and belief in its existence was superstition and heresy. Only in the early Renaissance did belief in witchcraft’s actual existence spread widely in Europe, and witch trials began.
8aVN8 TIL a Grateful Dead concert from 43 years ago still remains the largest ticketed concert in the United States. September 3, 1977, Englishtown, New Jersey 107,019 people
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