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TIL Squidward is canonically an octopus and not a squid

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woxw8 TIL about the unsolved 1922 Hinterkaifeck murders in Bavaria, where six family members were killed with a mattock, and the murderer(s) lived on the farm with the corpses for days, feeding animals and lighting fires.
JYl51 TIL about Annie Cook, a Madame in the 19th Century that turned her Memphis brothel into a hospital to help fight Yellow Fever
A7G7 TIL: Naturally Occurring Snow Donuts, Snowrollers, are a thing.
E1G7o TIL that pumpernickel, a type of rye bread, is named after the Germanic word "pumpern" meaning flatulent, and "Nickel" a reference to to Old Nick (a familiar name for Satan). The dense bread is hard to digest, causing excess flatulence. Hence pumpernickel means "the devil's fart."
dDWm9 TIL the vultures in the everglades are attracted to the rubber on cars and so the park offers tarps and bungees to anyone visiting as a means of protection.