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TIL about Donald Harvey, a nurse who murdered 37 patients, was apprehended after a medical examiner with the genetic ability to detect cyanide performed an autopsy on one of his victims, leading to an investigation that uncovered Harvey's crimes.

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PYMPZ TIL The Amityville Horror is an admitted hoax, confessed to by the lawyer that assisted in fabricating the story; The motive for which, was to gain a new trial for his client Butch DeFeo (the man who murdered his family whilst they slept in the house)
neGXr TIL that Edward of Woodstock, the eldest son of King Edward III was known as "The Black Prince" likely because of his black armour and that he once captured King John II of France in 1356 but treated him well and even served him a meal.
R7vQ7 TIL: The term "Mad as a Hatter" was originated back in the early 1800s in Denton, Tameside (which is in northern England), where hat makers used mercury in their hat making process. The mercury in the hats would cause dementia in wearers due to the mercury leaking into the body.
4Gvw TIL A zip bomb, also known as a zip of death or decompression bomb, is a malicious archive file designed to crash or render useless the program or system reading it. 42.zip was 42kilobytes when compressed but increased to 4.5 petabytes when decompressed.
Z4Qp TIL that 25 years ago, two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning over 600 kilometres (370 mi) across the three Baltic states in memory of the victims of the Soviet terror.