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TIL that Winston Churchill was a major proponent of the Eugenics movement, and supported mass sterilisation

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6EXXm TIL of teenage serial killer Charles Starkweather, who killed 11 people with his 14-year-old girlfriend. After his first murder, Starkweather believed he had transcended his former self, reaching a new plane of existence in which he could commit any crime without guilt or fear of repercussion.
yQXw8 TIL Alexander Mackenzie was the first European to cross North America (north of Mexico)
wLNDE TIL to call someone a monitor lizard in thailand is one of the worst insults or curses in the thai language. so much that people have been killed over it and a politician who called protesters this made front page news. it's so offensive its basically banned in broadcast media.
nEDo TIL Ohio police can steal your identity and assign it to an undercover officer
4kvg TIL that only one man, Sulla, has ever lead successful military campaigns against both Athens and Rome.