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TIL that Belgium's most notorious unsolved crime spree, the Brabant Killers, remains shrouded in mystery, with speculation of state involvement and a 40-year investigation closing only in 2024.

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rde0 TIL Ingrown toe nails are only found in shoe-wearing cultures and are caused by downward pressure on the nail by the shoe
QN4EX TIL - lab cells cultured from a dead woman weigh more than her (over millions of tons)
1Mj7 TIL microwaves can’t actually melt ice (explaining why defrosting is so slow)
Yr1Z TIL that as of 2016, just 49.3% of the world population lived in countries with some form of fair and free elections, and only 4.5% could be said to be living in a full democracy.
m5WP TIL: The first item sold on ebay was a broken laser pointer, and when asked in an email by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar if he was aware that the laser pointer was broken, the buyer replied that “I’m a collector of broken laser pointers.”