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TIL The youngest known serial killer ever is Amerjeet Sada who killed 3 young children at the age of 8, including his neighbor’s baby whom he bludgeoned with a brick

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mwWx TIL of a new buiding material - mushroom mycelium - that is stronger than concrete and water-, mold- and fire-resistant. It generates no waste and takes nearly no energy. The Museum of Modern Art has a 40ft. tower of fungus bricks designed to provide cool air and shade to customers.
GjVN TIL the world’s oldest pool of water was discovered deep in a Canadian mine. It is 2 billion years old.
R7lyl TIL fearing invasion during the Cold War, Albania’s leader Enver Hoxha forced his country to build 750.000 bunkers. Today, many of those bunkers have been converted into a variety of uses, like turning them into pizzerias, espresso bars and makeshift bars.
QNLnp TIL of Virginia planter Robert Carter. Iluenced by his Baptist faith, Carter began what became the largest manumission and release of enslaved African Americans, freeing 500 slaves and settling many on his land.
OGD8Y TIL the concept of Jamais Vu, which is the opposite of the more familiar term Deja Vu