› added 8 years ago

725

TIL John Wayne Gacy’s defense team tried to argue that all 33 of his victims died purely accidentally in erotic aspyhxia incidents… including the one non-strangulation victim who was repeatedly stabbed in the chest.

Read more murderpedia.org

via ift.tt

45P6 TIL in South Africa it’s acceptable to defend against car jackings with deadly force. Which has resulted in some horrific inventions, like this under-car mounted flame thrower.
bxM9 TIL at a Marine Mammal Institute, dolphins were trained to turn in garbage that fell into the tanks in exchange for fish. One dolphin was smart enough to hide pieces of paper under a rock, tearing off smaller pieces from the paper in order to get more fish out of it.
W7xAY TIL that there is a school in MA for people with developmental disabilities that uses shock treatment and even with 6 deaths over its history, is still ongoing
Z8ORY TIL John Walker, the founder of Johnnie Walker scotch whiskey brand was a teetotaller meaning he would never drink alcohol himself
Zp7YQ TIL the punctuation following standard measurements, like 5’7”, aren’t quotation marks — they’re primes.