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TIL there was a World Sauna Championships but it ended after a Russian competitor died of third degree burns

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VMj8 TIL female koalas have two vaginas, and a male koala’s penis is split into two.
JYrNl TIL that famous adult film star Ron Jeremy made a music video of Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" song, where he replicated every shot of the original video, and got pretty close.
N7dbb TIL of a French soldier called Tarrare, who could eat a meal intended for 15 people in a single sitting, ate live cats, snakes, lizards and puppies. He would also sweat profusely and had an odor that was described as “fetid beyond all conception”.
BryOe TIL George Washington died from cynanche trachealis, aka the croup, mainly due to over zealous Doctors. Washington feeling very sick asked his overseer, Albin Rawlins, to bleed him. Doctors bled him four more times over the next eight hours, with a total blood loss of 40% along with other remedies.
GYrRg TIL that “Lupin the Third Castle of Caliostro” influenced the Big Ben scene from Disney’s “Great Mouse Detective” and could’ve inspired the creation of the Indian Jones movie because Steven Spielberg said “it is one of the best adventure movies of all time”