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TIL Marathon runner drank urine and ate bats, snakes and lizards to survive in the desert after he got lost for 10 days.

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KrXE TIL that Saudi Arabia’s religious police have an “Anti-Witchcraft Unit” who operate a hotline to which citizens can report magic.
0dQP5 TIL about Biofouling, the accumulation of organisms (such as barnacles) where they are not wanted (such as on ship hulls) that causes degradation to the primary purpose of the item. Biofouling can require up to 40% more fuel to compensate for increased drag and reduced speeds.
lG4a TIL “outlaw” originally meant “outside the protection of the law” so you could rob or kill them without legal consequences.
W8Go TIL A UK university was fine £400,000 after 2 students were accidentally given a lethal dose of caffeine during a scientific experiment. Because of a misplaced decimal point on the phone used to calculate the caffeine dosage, they received 30g instead of the planned 0.3g. The lethal dose is 18g.
e0Jjn TIL scientists have found brain tissue from AD 79 preserved as glass