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TIL Four babies are born every second

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8KvV TIL Sture Bergwall, Sweden’s most notorious serial killer who was incarcerated after confessing to at least 30 murders and crimes such as rape and cannibal, was later found to have been a manipulative liar. He never actually killed a single person.
0dNJR TIL King Tammany Day was once a hugely popular holiday in America, even celebrated by George Washington and the Continental Army at Valley Forge
yPPv TIL “(You Gotta) Fight for your Right (to Party!)” by the Beastie Boys was written as a parody of other songs glorifying a partying lifestyle - an irony lost on many fans.
ZlNa TIL: In the early 19th century, the East India Company, had cut off the hands of hundreds of weavers in Bengal in order to destroy the indigenous weaving industry in favor of British textile imports.
a87OL TIL James West in 1962 invented the transducer microphone. His invention accounts for 90% of all microphones sold today. He also had over 250 patents to his name.