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TIL that due to a perfect combination of depth, altitude, and temperature bodies that have drown in Lake Tahoe rarely surface or decompose.

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oQY TIL that the phrase “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all”. Is now known as “Thumper’s rule” or “Thumper’s law” after the character in Bambi.
XAl8 TIL that a man graduated from Columbia after performing his janitorial duties at the school full-time for 12 years.
Bngd TIL of a real-life Rambo, a man who evaded thermal-imaging helicopters, armored vehicles, and nearly 1,000 police officers for 48 days after murdering a state trooper with a sniper rifle in northern Pennsylvania. The man, Eric Frein, learned his skills as an Eagle scout and war reenactor.
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