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TIL Canadian Thanksgiving predates American Thanksgiving by 43 years

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kOvE7 TIL of 'Kodokushi' or lonely death : A Japanese phenomenon of people dying and remaining undiscovered for a long period of time.
E1Q1p TIL rats will rescue their distressed pals even when they’re offered chocolate instead, showing that the urge to help a fellow rat was at least as strong as the desire for food.
oR1eo TIL that in 1960, some 14,000 cats were dropped by parachute over Borneo to combat a rat plague, and it worked!
wGBJ TIL a Hungarian man was shot in the frontal lobe during World War 1, making it impossible for him to fall asleep. He continued to live a full, sleepless life.
ak6Z TIL In 1575, a German mass murderer nicknamed Puschpeter is reported to have kept his wits after being impaled. The stake hit his spine and he berated the executioner. Puschpeter commanded the executioner to draw the stake out of him and gave instructions for how to make the impalement properly.