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TIL that in 2012, a man in Florida choked to death after participating in (and winning) a live-cockroach-eating contest

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wLm7M TIL- After US President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke in October of 1919, his second wife, Edith, de facto ran the Executive Branch of the government for the remainder of his second term.
krMe TIL that Iceland is considered the most peaceful country in the world.
8ex0L TIL 95 acres worth of corn are needed daily to keep up with production at Jack Daniel’s distillery
VBlwB TIL that according to a survey, 64.6% of women knew they wanted to go out with the last guy they went on a date with within the first 10 minutes of meeting him. This implies that waiting for the right moment to ask a girl out is not a good idea.
N7koN TIL there’s even a crater on the moon named after a Confederate officer.