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TIL about Diogo Alves, a Portuguese serial killer who’s perfectly preserved head has been on display in a jar in the University of Lisbon for nearly 200 years.

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jNvDX TIL that 3 years after his death in 1658, Oliver Cromwell's enbalmed body was exhumed and executed. His head was mounted on a spike on Westminster Hall for 25 years until a storm blew it down. A guard found it and took it home. It was then in private possession until being secretly buried in 1960.
loeJV TIL that crows can learn to make and use tools by observing other crows, or even just by seeing a tool.
X0np6 TIL Amazon’s Alexa once started laughing randomly at night for no reason. Engineers had to fix it because customers didn’t sign up for a smart assistant and a free exorcism.
JYXjV TIL Catherine Parr, last wife of Henry VIII, her funeral was the first Protestant funeral in England, Scotland or Ireland to be held in English. She is the only royal to be buried in a private residence.
4e7g TIL in 1999, Douglas Adams founded h2g2.com, The Hitchhiker’s Guide the Galaxy: Earth Edition, a “constantly expanding, user-generated guide to life, the universe and everything,” two years before Wikipedia launched.