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TIL the Kool-Aid Pickle, or Koolickle, a "snack hack" associated with Tik Tok, may have actually originated from the Mississippi Delta in the 1940s

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xgDk TIL A Hungarian man was shot in the frontal lobe during World War I, making it impossible for him to fall asleep. He continued to live a full, sleepless life.
6EQgJ TIL Maximilien Robespierre tried to shoot himself in the head but only managed to shatter his lower jaw, when he was being led to the guillotine the executioner took off the bandage that held his jaw in place, leading him to produce an agonized scream until the fall of the blade silenced him.
6E7dZ TIL In Japan in 1968, 4 bank employees were transporting 300M¥ in the trunk of a car. They were stopped by a young police officer, who claimed dynamite was on the car. When he crawled under to check and smoke came billowing out, they ran away. The “officer” then got in the car and drove away.
0JPN TIL: Sugar is used to stop concrete setting if it is poured by accident
ORv6 TIL that an 11-year-old boy was suspended for a year for possession of a “marijuana leaf” that tested negative for marijuana three times.