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TIL A Serial Killer Thought He Could Read His Victims Minds

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X07O6 TIL that Nintendo invented a new type of flower to promote Pikmin, their game about plant-like aliens, back in 2002
QjM TIL on July 5, 1946, when the Inventor of the Modern Bikini (Louis Réard) wished to introduce his product to the public, he could not find a “respectable"Model to wear his creation so he had to hire a local Nude Dancer.
OQja TIL: A slave called Gordon escaped from the South and used onions to throw the bloodhounds of his scent
rNGEM TIL Adélie penguins use stones for building their nests. Based on a 1998 study, media reports stated that a shortage of stones led female Adélie penguins to trade sex for stones. Some pair-bonded female penguins copulate with males who are not their mates and then take pebbles for their own nests.
LpWm TIL That the U.S. Military used (and may still use) the “Meow Mix” commercial theme song as a torture device in some prisons, by playing it loud and on repeat.