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TIL in 2001 woman stabbed her partner, skinned him and then tried to feed him to his children

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4X0yw TIL that the British government admits to undertaking aerial release trials against it's own people, in an attempt to understand the spread of possible biological attacks
N70Lb TIL: William Brewster, leader of the Plymouth Colony in America, named his children Jonathan, Patience, Fear, Love, and Wrestling.
WMJX TIL that in 1889 a dam owned by an exclusive hunting and fishing club gave way, causing a flood that killed 2,209 people in southern Pennsylvania. The club’s members included many of the richest men in America and efforts to hold it legally responsible went nowhere.
xVGaw TIL that Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom was financed by the Louisiana Purchase, with the US getting part of the money from a loan from a British Bank. So the UK was essentially funding an invasion of themselves.
oldE TIL that the less people know about important complex issues such as the economy, energy consumption and the environment, the more they want to avoid becoming well-informed, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.