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TIL that in high school Weird Al Yankovic was a part-time accordion teacher and occasional accordion repo-man. And he has a degree in Architecture.

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LkQVd TIL in 2005 a Psychologist working for the defense to of serial killer Dennis Rader (BTK) hired former reality television star Omarosa Manigault to produce a "high-quality" video of Rader to "humanize" him at sentencing. The tape was not used at trial and instead ended up on Dateline NBC.
0dRJR TIL that there is a Polish soup called czernina that's made with duck blood and other ingredients. Traditionally, this soup was served to men who were rejected after asking for permission to wed their significant other.
x8eg TIL that Russia signed a treaty banning bio-weapons, but ignored the treaty and continued developing them - even building ICBMs that could be loaded with weaponized smallpox, anthrax, typhus & rabies. After the fall of the USSR, they lost most of the bioweapons. Their locations remain unknown.
R7Z1w TIL of Glennon Engelmann, the "Killer Driller." A dentist by trade, Englemann was a serial killer who conspired with his dental assistants and ex-wife to kill their husbands in elaborate ways. Englemann would then take a portion of the insurance payout.
j6n9E TIL of Prince Alemayehu, an Ethiopian prince who was taken by British soldiers back to England after they attacked Ethiopia in 1868. Queen Victoria ensured he received an excellent education in England, but he died of pleurisy at just 18.