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TIL fans of Steve Irwin killed at least ten stingrays as an act of revenge after he died.

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0E7v TIL minutes before the Halifax Explosion, (one of the largest non-nuclear, man-made explosions) a dispatcher named Vince Coleman returned to his station to send a warning telegram, saving 300 lives at the cost of his own.
E1yLo TIL: The actor who played Marvin in Pulp Fiction is the voice of Herme's from Futurama, Samurai Jack & more!
7ZAL TIL In 1918 A black man named Laurence C Jones survived a lynching attempt from a White mob by convincing them of his passion to educate Black kids. The mob ended up collecting money for his cause.
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LkwXp TIL plant albinism exists and because of the lack of chlorophyll on their leaves they have to suck energy from the roots of neighboring plants making them essentially - vampires