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TIL starving to death can be ‘peaceful’ and 'euphoric’

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QJAOX TIL Squanto was taken from his home village, transported to Europe, conscripted into slavery, escaped and made his way back to his homeland, only to find he was the last of his tribe.
XEEmj TIL that MASSIVE was CGI software developed to generate battle scene special effects in the Lord of the Rings films. It was later developed into a complete product and licensed out for use in other movies such as Avatar, The Hobbit, 300, & more.
XKyr TIL, Astronomer Harlow Shapley, confused about what to study, decided to take the first class listed in university’s catalog. Unable to pronounce “archaeology,” he skipped to the next listing “astronomy.” He went on to become one of the famous 20th century astronomers.
rdMM TIL there is only one recorded case of a human adult being killed by coyotes.
VK7G TIL: No human has won a tournament standard chess game against a high spec computer since 2005.