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TIL that in 1988, a man with OCD and extreme germophobia tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head with a rifle. However, he survived, and the bullet completely eliminated his mental disorder without causing any other damage to his brain.

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PYK9J TIL about Hemigrapsus estellinensis, an extinct species of crab that lived solely in a small saltwater spring in the Texas panhandle, 500 miles from the ocean. Probably a relic of the Pleistocene Era, the species was wiped out when the U.S. Army built a dike around the spring in 1964.
E11Aw TIL that a viking-age human turd is being displayed at a museum in England
g0R8 TIL that, in 2013, a Kenyan lawyer filed a petition within the International Court of Justice, asking the ICJ to hold the State of Israel and Pontius Pilate, among others, responsible for Jesus’ “unlawful” trial and crucifixion
7rJ6x TIL That There Is Are Several Statues Of Liberty In France (Pictured Statue Of Liberty, River Seine)
ZKgG TIL: MRSA (the near incurable flesh eating staph infection) has gone airborne.