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TIL that serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin’s spree from 1977-1980 which would claim the lives of 21 people, was financed in part by blood bank donations.

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leeV TIL that there is a theory that humans were not fully conscious until 3000 years ago, and that instead people heard their consciousnesses as a separate voice that commanded them, and this may have been the source of the beliefs of many ancient gods.
N7yAM TIL in the 90s Costa Rica saved a dying forest by dumping 12,000 tons of waste orange peels and pulp (1000 truckloads)
rRA4e TIL that some birds are capable of forming complex sentences as part of their own language, the first non-human creature ever known to do so
8GW8 TIL Leo Ryan is the only member of US Congress ever killed in the line of duty. He was assassinated while investigating human rights violations at Jonestown.
d8On9 TIL that in 427BC Athens sent a ship to Mytilene which had instructions to kill all adult men in the city-state. The next day, Athenians voted to change their decision - a second ship was dispatched. Racing through the night, it reached Mytilene just in time to prevent the massacre from happening.