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TIL Jeffrey Dahmer accidentally roofied himself once instead of the intended victim, and he awoke to find that they had robbed him of several items of his clothing, $300, and a watch.

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Om5Y TIL The Great Clock of Westminster, commonly referred to as Big Ben, withstood about a dozen attacks by German bombers during the Second World War.
o8eL TIL the FAA considered building a fake Havana airport in south Florida in the 1960s to address a spree of skyjackings. Many plane hijackers at the time wanted to fly to Cuba. They would have landed at the phony airport, thinking they were in Havana, then been surprised and arrested by U.S. agents.
YdYW TIL cats may run around after they poop because of an instinct to flee from predators who may have detected the smell.
vPeE7 TIL that the flag of Haiti was created when revolutionary leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines grabbed a French flag and ripped the white band off. His goddaughter Catherine Flon sewed the blue and red bands back together, creating the first Haitian flag. Flon is widely admired in Haiti today.
0bXA TIL The Netherlands Closed Eight Prisons Due To Lack Of Criminals