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TIL a study published British Journal of Psychology concluded that those with higher intelligence don’t require large social circles to be happy

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9oZr TIL of “The Lipstick Killer”, William Heirens. In the 1940s he was convicted of killing 6-year-old Suzanne Degnan, Frances Brown and Josephine Ross. Heirens got his nickname because he wrote, “For heaven’s sake, catch me before I kill more. I cannot control myself,” on Brown’s wall in lipstick.
Y7gOZ TIL baby manta rays are born like little burritos, with their fins wrapped around their bodies.
rN9Yo TIL The Quaker Oats Company financed the original Willy Wonka movie in exchange for the right to make Wonka brand candy bars.
XORk TIL a man named Gregory W. Nemitz claimed ownership of Asteroid 433 Eros, on which NEAR Shoemaker landed in 2001. His company Orbital Development issued NASA a parking ticket for $20.
Wlx4 TIL a man once accidentally exposed himself to a small amount of Plutonium which was traceable in his urine for the next 50 years.