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TIL Mariam Soulakiotis, a Greek serial killer known as the Women Rasputin. She was a nun and allegedly killed 177 people at her monastery. She would torture wealthy women, making them donate all their money, before killing them. She also allegedly caused the deaths of 150 children by mistreating TB.

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VB9gZ TIL in his books "the art of war", N.Machiavelli proposed that armies should use music, not only as marching songs but in the same manner its used in "great banquets and other festivities" as a cue for performing military maneuvers. He also proposed bringing back standardised uniforms and insignias
R70M6 TIL that sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins can. By slowing their heart rates, sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes. Dolphins need to come up for air after about ten minutes.
R7Qjl TIL that a Russian psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik found in 1927 that waiters remembered orders only as long as the order was in the process of being served. Unfinished work continues to exert an influence, even when we try to move on to other things. This phenomenon was called The Zeigarnik Effect.
59eD TIL There Is A Psychosomatic Illness That Causes People To Think They Are Pregnant With Dogs
4j15 TIL of Whipping Tom, the name given to two serial spankers in London in the 17th & 18th centuries. “On seeing an unaccompanied woman, he would grab her, lift her dress, and slap her buttocks repeatedly before fleeing. He would sometimes accompany his attacks by shouting "Spanko!”“