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TIL only 6 people are known to have ever survived a rabies infection.

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JY8l4 TIL The Papal election of 1268-71 was the longest in history. It took so long that the cardinals were locked in, their rations were reduced to bread and water, the roof of their hall was removed, and 3 died of old age. The new Pope changed the rules to stop it from repeating, making the Conclave.
P1pOG TIL Abraham Lincoln is in the wrestling hall of fame? The 6'4" president had only one loss among his around 300 contests. He earned a reputation for this in New Salem, Illinois, as an elite fighter.
gBy4 TIL That the drug lord Pablo Escobar offered to pay off Columbia’s $20 billion foreign debt in order to avoid extradition to the US.
OoBxY TIL in Japanese, the term for somebody who dual wields swords is “ryoutoutsukai”, "two sword user", which is also a term for bisexuality.
8e1LL TIL that tapping your legs to the beat of music involuntarily is a natural thing and it's because of a phenomenon called entrainment