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TIL The singer of Peanut Butter Jelly Time died in an 11 hour police standoff during which time his brother-in-law Snoop Dogg attempted to calm him down and surrender

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XEJpr TIL NASA changed their urine-collecting condom sizes from Small, Medium, Large, to Large, Gigantic, Humongous because male astronauts who were not well-endowed continued choosing ‘Large’ even though it was too big.
v14OD TIL: Somebody is serving 30 years in the Supermax Prison for "plotting to build an industrial X-ray machine that would spew lethal doses of radiation powerful enough to kill people from a distance"
Yplor TIL about the "Upside Down Boat Village" in France. Equihen-Plage, a former fishing village on the English Channel with a dry harbor, became a stranded port at the start of the 20th century. Poor families living in the village recovered the boat hulls to build makeshift shelters for themselves.
6Zw8 TIL Smoking scorpions to get high is a growing problem in south Asia. The high can last from 10 hours to 3 days. The high is said to be so powerful that it outstrips heroin. But the person spends the first six hours in pain while their body adjusts to the toxins, which can possibly lead to death.
4bYN TIL During Hurricane Sandy, one soldier stood watch over the tomb of the unknown for an unprecedented 23 hours straight.