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TIL that in 2011, a spicy curry eating contest in Edinburgh ended with two people having to be transported to the hospital

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KYZpJ TIL that Margaret Dickson was hanged in 1724, but was later found to be still alive. She was then released because, under Scots Law, her punishment had been carried out. The words 'until dead' were only added to the sentence of hanging later.
yQrWM TIL the physics of surfing.
XVKR TIL there is a genre of movies called Bromantic comedies and include Harold and Kumar, The Hangover, and Pineapple Express.
Mkpb TIL that Oriental Hornets are able to harvest the sun’s light and convert it to energy with their yellow stripes in their head and abdomen.
1anaX TIL that Stephen King bought the van that hit and nearly killed him, for $1500 to prevent fans from buying it, and he announced that he was ‘going to take a sledgehammer and beat it’.