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TIL Jeffery Dahmer's 1st murder was committed just 3 weeks after graduating H.S. in 1978. The murder of Steven Mark Hicks wouldn't come to light until the 1990's after Dahmer had murdered 16 more people and was finally in police custody.

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GYMo7 TIL that ancient Egyptians believed in afterlife as the dead's heart was weighted against the feather of Maat, If the dead's heart balanced with the feather of Maat, they would be admitted to heavenly paradise, if their heart was heavier than the feather their souls would be permanently destroyed.
JdL4 TIL Martin Van Buren was the only US President to speak english… as a second language
0dpp5 TIL that ogre-faced spiders' eyes gather light more efficiently than owls and cats, and that they burn out at sunrise and grow back at sunset.
5YBVk TIL that there is a collection of viruses in our bodies known as the virome. These viruses do not only infect us but they can also infect the bacteria(microbiome) in our bodies. The stable equilibrium of virus infecting the bacteria in our gut is believed to be why we are immune to certain viruses.
l1rG TIL The writer of the movie Alien had from Crohns disease and created the chest burster inspired by the horrific pains he suffered.