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TIL A Serial Killer Thought He Could Read His Victims Minds

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ma1o TIL that over 99.8% of deceased Japanese are cremated at their funeral (mostly to save space).
4d4b TIL in January 1972, Ariel Sharon decided 3,000 Bedouin were in the way of a massive military exercise he wanted to conduct. So he summarily expelled two tribes from their homes, during a deep winter spell. At least 40 people died, mostly babies, children and the elderly.
VOdm TIL that the sides of a pentagon, a hexagon, and a decagon, each inscribed in congruent circles, will form a right triangle, which is also half of a golden rectangle!
pbDQ TIL that when Napoleon returned to France, the King sent troops to stop and kill him. He stepped out in front of them & said “if there is one among you who wants to kill his general, his Emperor, here I am.” The royalists cheered wildly, “Long live the Emperor.” They joined his cause.
NXj1P TIL a 2014 study found that males represented 88.7% of all Darwin Award winners selected between 1995-2014. "Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner, thereby improving our species' chances of long-term survival."