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TIL there are between 25 to 50 serial killers active in the United States at any one time

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WMo4 TIL Aristotle believed the heart provided the ability to think, and the brain was just a heat sink for the heart.
R5KY1 TIL that Friday, February 7th (2025) is National Working Naked Day. (probably NSFW)
p8mr8 TIL The lead singer of The Offspring (Dexter Holland) suspended his candidate-ship for a PhD in Microbiology to focus on his band. In 2013 he published a paper identifying microRNA-like sequences in HIV. He received his PhD in 2017.
l7o55 TIL the term 'computer' used to mean humans who performed tedious, repetitive calculations by hand. Many of whom were women and some became the early programmers in a time when men refused to code because it was seen as "woman's work"
neWRb TIL that Saddam Hussein received the Key to the City of Detroit in 1980 after donating thousands of dollars to local churches.