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TIL that a Mythbusters experiment once resulted in a cannibalized mouse

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R7x16 TIL researchers did an experiment in 1999 on rats to see how long they could live without sleep. They mostly lasted 2 weeks of this torture before succumbing.
Oo7VR TIL the waitlist for a liver transplant in california was going to take over a year, so steve jobs bought a house in tennessee, giving him access to their waitlist, which would only take four months. by doing this, he effectively cut in line on the national transplant list
Dxjg TIL a Florida millionaire was being sued for a wrongful death resulting from DUI, so he adopted his 42 year-old girlfried because the court had ruled that the trust set up for his children could not be considered as part of his financial worth.
P1kan TIL that Bermuda despite being a British Overseas Territory has TV channels affiliated with US companies like CBS and ABC due to agreements between the US and UK since 1946.
ZdnD TIL that in the Himba tribe in Namibia (where they have no word for the color blue) test subjects could not single out a blue square from a group of green squares.