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TIL Inspired by The Empire Strikes Back, Richard Dailey killed his horse and crawled inside the carcass to survive an Idaho storm. He found it wonderful and warm at first but later claustrophobic and grotesque. Dailey said The Revenant was pretty accurate but wondered why DiCaprio got naked.

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1ag8r TIL in 1894 a female cook at Cornell University was killed when freshmen redirected chlorine gas into the kitchen as part of a hazing prank
4XwBw TIL that the loudest bird in the world (the White Bellbird) can scream at 125 decibels -- about as loud as an ambulance siren. Courtship consists of the male screaming directly into the female's face.
xV5mk TIL Humans have had the ability to join together 2 pieces of metal for at least 4500 years
VMdJB TIL Ted Nugent's brother has served as CEO of both Neutrogena and Revlon.
D9MV TIL Samuel L. Jackson once held Martin Luther King. SR hostage at Morehouse College. He was convicted of felony Unlawful Confinement.