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TIL That Hybristophilia, the sexual arousal and orgasmic response to having sex with murderers and serial killers, “occurs almost exclusively in Women”, making it unlike most other paraphilias.

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KO0Va TIL researchers concluded that animals can have very complex dreams that include memories or replays of events that happened while they were awake.
GAa87 TIL the founder of the Pirate's Code was a Portuguese Buccaneer who used wine jars as floaties (since he could not swim) and captured the Spanish galleon that originally held him prisoner with only 20 men
1a8ar TIL that an autistic socially awkward day trader helped spark the 2010 flash crash of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, despite earning $70M over several years Navinder Singh Sarao continued living in his parents basement and his biggest purchase was a used Volkswagen for under $10,000.
lo6Nr TIL that rh-null, the rarest blood type of the world, has been called the "Golden Blood". This blood type is so rare that only 43 people in the world have it, and there are only 9 active donor.
p8LZ8 TIL screenwriter Carl Foreman (High Noon) was blacklisted for communist activity. In the face of intense industry all Foreman's colleagues abandoned him expect for Gary Cooper. In gratitude, Foreman gave Cooper first refusal on his future scripts including, The Bridge on the River Kwai.