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TIL Peter Kürten a sadistic serial killer from the 1920's would find a sexual gratification in his own execution and said that his death would be "The pleasure to end all pleasures". He is classed as one of the most sadistic killers to ever live.

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oRZLo TIL There are no snake in New Zealand. Wild considering Australia has tons of venomous snake but NZ has none at all.
Egy4o TIL comedian Andy Kaufman was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame last year.
N7Ke6 TIL in 2009 a UK and French nuclear ballistic submarines collided with each other as neither of them knew the other sub was nearby. They were submerged and running silent but were moving slowly enough that though the ships were damaged, there were no injuries nor radioactive releases.
Z8Kyp TIL Hedwig Porschütz rescued Jews during the Holocaust, was jailed in a concentration camp but was not honoured as an "unsung heroine" in West Berlin because she had been a prostitute and at the time they did not consider helping Jews an act of resistance. She died poor; no known photos of her exist
pY87Z TIL that in the 18th and 19th century, platinum was so cheap in Spain that it was used for various frauds. Notably, they created counterfeit British sovereigns with a gold-plated alloy of platinum and copper. In order to control this problem, the authorities dumped confiscated platinum into the sea.