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TIL A Superman landmine awareness campaign backfired when children ran into a minefield hoping to get rescued by Superman

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0dPR TIL a prisoner was kept in a 9x7 cell w/no light, clock, or calendar. If he left his cell, he was fitted with goggles and headphones. He started having tics and unusual contortions of his body. He became convinced his lawyers were part of an interrogation program and his captors were protectors.
BvvD TIL that if sugar gliders are deprived of social interaction, they can become so sad that they can die
YWNv TIL that the red liquid coming from a steak cooked rare (or just raw red meat) isn’t blood, it’s water coloured by an oxygen-carrying protein called Myoglobin.
MeaMB TIL of Tanzanian man Saniniu Laizer: a small-scale miner who found 3 rare Tanzanite gemstones which he sold to the government for 12.44 billion Tanzanian shillings. ($5.35 million USD). Laizer, who has 30 children, said it won't change his lifestyle of caring for his 2,000 cows.
0mnR TIL there are unofficial Wile E. Coyote/Roadrunner rules, such as “No outside force can harm the Coyote” and “The Road Runner must stay on the road”