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TIL Serial Killers are more likely to have suffered a head injury as a child than non-serial killers.

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GYrmE Today I learned that being able to power a light bulb with a sanitary napkin is a) possible and b) desirable.
M7yZ0 TIL that "Yobai" is a Japanese cultural practice traditionally associated with rural areas, where young men discreetly visit the homes of unmarried women at night to engage in romantic encounters or courtship, often involving stealthy approaches and whispered conversations.
Z1xB TIL in Nordic mythology, Ratatoskr was a squirrel whose sole job was to carry insulting messages between a great eagle and a dragon at opposite ends of Yggdrasil, the great World Tree
nW9ed TIL One of the Walter Reade Organization's publicity stunts was a $50,000 insurance policy against anyone dying from a heart attack while watching the movie Night of the Living Dead (1968)
LQ0Jr TIL that the English may have established a short lived colony in Texas in the late 16th century.