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TIL of post death erection or "angel lust". A common occurrence in deaths or executions by hanging.

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b90AE TIL that Wasabi and Ginger are more then a spice to eat with your sushi, but they are also a natural antibiotic. This is important in combination with raw fish because it protects your body against foodborne illnesses such as E. coli.
v19mj TIL that 'nose art', or the practice of painting pin-ups or cartoons on the front of war planes, died out in the early 1970s when Air Force Chief of Staff John Ryan called for a moratorium on the practice. It's been quietly making a comeback in recent years, albeit now strictly controlled.
0wlR TIL: As much as four percent of the sand on the beaches of Normandy consists of shrapnel left over from D-Day. (based off of samples taken from the beach, which reported at least 4% of the samples consisting of shrapnel. Page 5 has relevant data)
GXN1 TIL on August 14th, 2005 the crew of Helios Airways Flight 522 fell unconscious after cabin pressurization failed. The plane flew to its destination on autopilot and assumed a holding pattern there until a flight attendant with a commercial pilot’s license woke up and climbed into the cockpit.
8Mo8 TIL that possession of wild psilocybin mushrooms is not illegal in Florida