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TIL police in Germany hunted a sinister phantom killer for two years after finding the same DNA at 39 different crime scenes - only to discover that the source was a woman who made the cotton buds used to collect the sample!

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8aENV TIL Al Capone is responsible for the expiry date on milk.
78gbr TIL Montaigne's father, a wealthy french noble, had his son live with a family of peasants until the age of 3 so he would learn their life conditions. He then had everyone speak latin to him so it was his first language and taught him greek though games and activities instead of studying books
JVbm TIL that more than 6% of Americans with synesthesia (who see letters as specific colors) have letter/color associations that match a specific Fisher-Price alphabet magnet set
9w6WX TIL the band Neon Trees took their name from the lit palm trees on the signs at In-N-Out Burger. It was only later learned that bass player Branden Campbell's father installed those same signs
XgwQ TIL that Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd dusted off their Ghostbusters costumes to visit a terminally ill child who was a fan of the film and wanted to meet them.