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Short answer: It's the thought that counts

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DZgg Til that a dental assistant attempted suicide by intravenously injecting 135 grams of mercury. She survived, and and suffered none of the renal, gastrointestinal, or neurologic effects that can result from the oxidation of mercury in the blood and consequent exposure of these organ systems.
VMoxZ TIL A Marathon is so called, because the message runner from the Battle of Marathon, had to run 26 miles back to Athens to report the victory. He proclaimed "Nike, Nike" (meaning 'victory') before collapsing and dying.
VMKD TIL that in Islamic Art, prophets look like they are on fire - flames are used instead of the ring halos in Western art.
rNWRd TIL: Chewing gum is banned in Singapore because this was used to disrupt MRT trains (Mass Rapid Transit) by sticking it to door sensors.
78VRL TIL about project Cybersyn, an attempt to implement a socialist economy aided by real-time computer processing and pre-internet telecommunication-based coordination in 1970s Chile