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TIL that the Oxford English Dictionary was written largely by a murderer from a mental institution

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ajN9 TIL Serial killers behave like bees. They commit crimes close to home, but far enough that neighbors don’t get suspicious. Similarly, bees collect pollen near the hive, but far enough that predators can’t find them. Scientists studied bee behavior and found algorithms police now use to catch felons
R75J8 TIL There is no English equivalent to the German word "Backpfeifengesicht", which essentially means "a face begging to be punched".
X0EWE TIL Ted Kaczynski(the Unabomber) put his 8 life sentences as "awards of recognition" at his Harvard University 50 year reunion.
nexoW TIL lots of mountains on earth are named after boobs e.g. Grand Tetons
JYmxB Today I learned about Nicolae Minovici, a Romanian forensic scientist who hung himself 12 times in order to better understand what is happening during the hanging process and to prove others wrong.