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TIL that the longest overdue book was late by 288 years
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TIL that while chicken is the most slaughtered animal in the world, the #2 spot is held by ducks. Rabbits are #4 and Cattle is all the way in ninth place.
W71od
TIL of Leonard Lake, a serial killer who had abducted, abused, and murdered at least eleven people in the 1980s. He was caught after accidentally giving police the ID of Robin Stapley, one of Lake's victims, attempting to pass it off as his own.
GAQoE
TIL there is a fossil of Archaeopteryx missing since the death of the last owner
AMQ7
TIL gender studies expert Dr. Warren Farrell said that after moving from the women’s movement to the men’s movement, he went from making $500,000/yr to going $70,000 into debt.
ANGM4
TIL during the Victorian age, women appreciated the beauty that tuberculosis caused - the thin waist, pale skin, red lips and rosey cheeks of those affected. It became quickly a tuberculosis inspired trend - referred to as "Consumptive Chic" - that led women to intentionally contracting the disease.