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TIL "grain engulfment" is a real hazard for farmers working with grain silos, with around 20 deaths a year attributed, many of which involve children helping their family work the farm.

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78wZx TIL That Alcatraz escapee John Anglin reportedly wrote a letter to San Francisco’s police department in 2013. In it, the 83 year old asked to be promised on TV no more than a year in jail and that he would reveal his location if followed through.
VNPZ TIL Elephants make friends, bury their dead, travel for ‘funerals’, speak to each other, and show extreme intelligence.
N7E91 TIL Uddalaka Aruni was one of the first philosophers in recorded history and lived a few centuries before the Buddha. He attracted students from far regions of the Indian subcontinent, asking metaphysical questions such as whether there is something that is eternal and unchanging
e0LPk TIL there has never been a documented case of poison candy being handed out on Halloween.
7PoX TIL Alton Brown, Food Network star chef, was the director of photography for R.E.M.’s “The One I Love” video as a film student at University of Georgia