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TIL that the first Australian woman to be sentenced to life without parole stabbed her partner, skinned him and then tried to feed him to his children.

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pYYEN TIL that any object moving through water, no matter the speed or shape, creates a "Kelvin Wake" that is angled at precisely 19.47 degrees with respect to the direction of motion.
DBDP TIL there is such a thing as one-way bulletproof glass. This allows you to return fire through the glass while still keeping you protected from the attacker (your shot leaves a bullet-sized hole, but doesn’t compromise the rest of the shield).
kJd5m TIL the guy who held the John 3:16 sign at sporting events was arrested for multiple kidnappings and is serving a life sentence.
OGaXX TIL that when the UK stopped airing TV due to WWII, the last thing to air was a Mickey Mouse cartoon.
rRkPM TIL One of the reasons satellite phones never became the 'norm' despite having almost universal network coverage is time delay. These phones communicate through geostationary satellites that are 30,000+ km above Earth, which causes a time lag while talking to someone on the phone.