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TIL a Texas man who was bitten on the hand by a coral snake bit the animal’s head off, then used its skin as a tourniquet–a move that saved his life. He kept the head as a keepsake.

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5LpD TIL that before his Moon walk, Buzz Aldrin took communion secretly. Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair had brought a lawsuit against NASA objecting to the Apollo 8 crew reading from the Book of Genesis. O'Hair demanded that astronauts refrain from broadcasting religious activities while in space.
NXXR8 TIL Saturday Night Live comedy stars Chris Farley and Kenan Thompson appeared together in an All That sketch in 1997, the same year that Farley died and six years before before Thompson joined SNL.
yQ6Ma TIL of Shennong, the Chinese God of Agriculture. Once a mortal man, he invented agriculture and travelled the world to eat every plant in existence to determine to his people which ones are edible, medicinal, and/or poisonous. He eventually poisoned himself, but his deeds raised him to Godhood
awQDo TIL that Charles goodyear, the man who invented the tyre (by accident) went a little rubber crazy and obsessed, to the point he started wearing clothes made of rubber and eating off rubber dishes. He sold almost every belonging he had and replaced it with a tyre equivalent
wXLP TIL that Porsche produced the first hybrid vehicle in 1901. It was a series hybrid using wheel hub motors mounted in each wheel, and powered by electricity delivered from both batteries and a small generator.