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TIL people have sustained severe injuries that are normally only seen in fighter pilots due to participating in the merry-go-round of death internet challenge because of the high g-forces created as people ride a playground merry-go-round that is spun by the rear wheel of a motorcycle or moped.

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wnpJ TIL There was a homeless man who survived being intentionally fed Antifreeze, Turpentine, Rat poison, being left in -14 degree weather and hit by a taxi in a life insurance scam. His nickname became “Mike the Durable”
W779A TIL when asked about her hometown in Michigan, Madonna said she misses "absolutely nothing" about it because it's filled with "basic, provincial thinking people".
lnAN TIL scientists spent 3 days filling an ant colony with 10 tons of cement then spending weeks digging it out to reveal the amazingly complex designed network
VMb60 TIL that nearly 70% of all Americans have less than $1000 in savings and 45% have no savings in all
0dXxL TIL that in 1960, the USA all by itself accounted for 40% of the entire planet’s GDP