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TIL there have been many times that less than 20 votes have made the difference. Your vote DOES count!

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l56r TIL in the 1980s a man with severe OCD shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide. Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain that was responsible for his OCD, and he went on to become a straight-A college student five years later .
kONOW TIL more people have been to outer space (more than 550) than have successfully summitted Mount K2 (less than 400). K2 or Mount Godwin-Austen is considered to be the most challenging of the 8000’ers.
wRaP TIL In 1986, a beer drinking goat was elected mayor of a small town in Texas, USA
rWxw TIL that a Roman woman in the Netherlands was buried in a sarcophagus decorated to look like her house… from the inside.
8eKKP TIL: The Japanese video game, Persona 2, took 12 years to come to America, partially because of Hitler and swastikas being included.