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TIL there's a set of condos in Mexico called Quetzalcoatl’s Nest shaped likes the Aztec serpent God

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R5xd6 TIL of Timothy Dexter - a barely literate American businessman, who was desperate for public office, and became wealthy through a series of improbable investments.
bye4 TIL that Fritz Moen, who was partly paralysed was wrongfully convicted of two rapes and murders. One victim had been chased across a field, knocked down and tied up with her own clothes, which he was physically incapable of doing. He served a total of 18 years in prison, he was acquitted in 2004.
XENYD TIL that Croatia had one colonial territory in India
Z1lQ TIL The horned dung beetle is the strongest insect in the world, hundreds of times stronger than an ant
kOmZ5 TIL before he wrote the Goosebumps book series, R.L. Stine created the 1989-91 Nick Jr. series Eureeka’s Castle