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TIL Serial killer Todd Kohlhepp left honest online reviews of items he purchased to use for his crimes before being apprehended including padlocks, a shovel, targets, knives & gun accessories

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GAp87 TIL during World War II, Newfoundland was still part of Great Britain and not Canada. In 1941 the U.S. built four military bases in Newfoundland which brought money, entertainment and U.S. products to the area. As a result, a 1947 poll said that 80% of Newfoundland wanted to become Americans.
BgXNx TIL that it takes 2 days for an F-35 pilot to get fitted for their helmet.
KGNw TIL that despite basing himself in Australia for most of his life, Russell Crowe was denied Australian citizenship twice, in 2006 and 2013 because he had spent too much time in other countries.
0AXM TIL a German mathematician spent a decade writing a 200 page manuscript about drawing a regular 65537 sided polygon with a compass and a straightedge
bpMp TIL that the “Somebody Else’s Problem” cloaking field described in the “Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” is based on a real psychological effect.