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TIL that Edward Rulloff, a 19th-century serial killer, doctor, philologist, and inventor, was deemed so intelligent that even after his conviction for murder, some believed he was too valuable to be hanged. Even Mark Twain jokingly offered to find a replacement to take his place at the gallows.

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5Vxr9 TIL the amount of time between the first settlement of New Zealand by the indigenous Māori and their first contact with Europeans is shorter than the time between their first contact with Europeans and the present day. New Zealand was unoccupied by humans until 1320.
78QRO TIL: A juvenile narwhal lost in the St. Lawrence River got adopted by a group of beluga and has stayed with them since at least 2016
QnEp TIL a man named Peter Wade derailed a train in 1982 to see what would happen, crushing the engineer who used his body to protect a teenager. Wade later went to WallStreet and made millions trading stock and then became a hollywood filmmaker.
70vZ TIL there is a promising treatment for cancer involving the genetic modification of viruses such as smallpox and even HIV. These viruses are being injected into the bloodstream and have been shown to kill certain cancers without spreading the used virus within the patient.
OGYOX TIL during World War II thousands of 2nd generation Japanese-Americans enlisted in the Army and were sent to the Military Intelligence Service Language School to study Japanese. They learned specific military terms, and trained to become interpreters, interrogators, and intelligence officers.