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TIL that H.H. Holmes, considered the first American serial killer, build a whole hotel with secret rooms for murder ant torture purposes, where more than 200 victims could have been killed.

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b6R89 TIL that blueberries (and cranberries) are true berries, produced from a single ovary with non permeable skin. Raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries, on the other hand, whose tissue holds hundreds of ovaries with permeable surfaces, are made up of smaller fruits.
OMrR TIL that Latvia has one of the fastest Internet download and upload speeds in the world, and beats out the U.S by a sizable margin.
nWoW TIL that, when the US was founded, the government could, and often did, unilaterally shut down corporations if they exceeded their authority or caused public harm.
YEvr TIL in England during WWII the US military demanded segregation. The locals in Lancashire complied and put a “Black Troops Only” sign on a pub and a mini-race-war ensued.
NXX86 TIL that a snail's mouth is no larger than the head of a pin, but it can have over 25,000 teeth .