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TIL that the 9/11 landfill was named Fresh Kills

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VxGk TIL Spain’s first documented serial killer, Manuel Romasanta, was raised a GIRL till he was SIX because his parents though he was a female.
BraJe TIL: Claims that red wine can help prevent heart disease are inconclusive at best, and at worst may lead people to drink more alcohol in pursuit of the health "benefits".
9wJgm TIL - one of the top songs in 1972/3 was by Loudon Wainwright III, son of a WW2 correspondent, called “Dead Skunk” (in the middle of the road)
WkXvX TIL that in 1729, Jonathan Swift published a satirical essay in which suggested that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food to rich gentlemen. This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless attitudes of the British towards the poor and Irish in general
mkbv TIL that a Muslim cable TV network was created in 2004 to counter “extreme stereotypes” of Muslims. In 2009, the founder of the network was arrested for beheading his wife.