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TIL that there are bacterial life forms that live on pure electrons

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nWNbb TIL that the mortality rate of BBL's (Brazillian Butt Lifts) is 10 to 20 times higher than the average cosmetic procedure, and it has the highest death rate of any cosmetic procedure.
0w91M TIL There is a group of about 400 ultra powerful and wealthy individuals that see movies on release day in their own home theaters. It costs $100k to join and $4k/month membership. It is called the Bel Air Circuit.
7rygL TIL of Fang Zheng, whose legs were run over by a tank during the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989 while he was getting a fainted female student to safety. She refused to testify for him during the investigations and she would later claim that she was not with him during the incident.
KOABa TIL during a training exercise, an F-106 fighter jet entered a flat spin, causing the pilot to bail out. Instead of crashing, the jet continued flying and landed on its belly in a field, only suffering minor damages.
b6PXp TIL about Violet Jessop who not only survived the sinking of the Titanic and her sister ship Britannic but was also on board the Olympic when it collided with another ship