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TIL that Donald Harvey, a nurse who killed 37 of his patients, was only caught because a medical examiner who performed the autopsy on one of his victims had the genetic ability to smell cyanide. This prompted an investigation and Harvey was discovered.

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9GAD TIL that France sent 800 women to Quebec. The “Filles du Roi” (“Daughters of the King”) were poor women who in 1663 agreed to go to the mostly male New France colony to marry. It worked; the population more than doubled in 10 years, and two-thirds of French Canadians today are their descendants.
rRXrW TIL in 2016, a gorilla named Harambe was shot dead by some cops in the Cincinnati zoo after an three year old go fell into his enclosure. Harambe did not harm the boy but was stilled killed for some reason.
eJDJ TIL that a woman faked her entire tragedy and the loss of her husband during the 9/11 attacks and became President of the Support Network in New York
p8XON TIL that the National Art Museum Of Ukraine recreated a "Sleeping Beauty" live exhibit inviting men to awaken beauties with a kiss. Five women were selected to perform "sleeping", having agreed to a very binding clause to marry the men if they opened their eyes while being kissed.
e0xG6 TIL about Ferdinand Cheval, a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building his own palace using stones he collected on his daily mail trips. Although he wanted to be buried in it, the French Government refused, and he spent another 8 years building a mausoleum to complement it.