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TIL in the 1930s, an Irish man named Michael Malloy survived being intentionally fed Antifreeze, Terpentine, Rat Poison, being left in -14 Degree Weather and getting hit by a taxi in a life insurance scam. His nickname became “Mike the Durable”.

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