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TIL there´s a hugely popular reality show in China that interviews death row prisoners moments before their execution

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JNNV TIL that Steven Russell escaped from prison by using laxatives to fake the symptoms of AIDS. He then called the prison, posing as a doctor, asking for prisoners interested in an experimental treatment, and volunteered. Once out of Texas, he sent death certificates to the prison stating he had died
LQ6RV TIL: Genghis Khan was took an arrow in the knee while on campaign against the Jin Dynasty and instead of retiring, went on to pillage and sack the Jin capital
yVZvp TIL birth rates in the U.S have dropped more than 20 % since 2007
K47a TIL that, in 1504, Christopher Columbus scientifically predicted that a lunar eclipse would occur, and used that knowledge to scare the natives into giving him food by making them believe that he had magically made the moon disappear.
9YJKB TIL: Rectovaginal fistula. Sometimes poop comes out the vagina.