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TIL a Nepalese farmer named Mohammed Salmodin was bitten by a cobra and bit the cobra back. The cobra died and he walked out alive.

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xVXGB TIL Pollution from 1 container ship = 50 million cars. 15 ships = total global car emissions
m1OoO TIL Being overweight or obese appears to have a positive relationship with depression and depression-like symptoms for each gender and race. Similarly, individuals who report having depression-like symptoms are likely to be overweight or obese.
40pX TIL that the first Amazon.com customer spent $27.95 and got a building named after him
VOjp TIL: of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only one exists today - the Pyramids.
neEyG TIL of a study published in 2000 that found the average high school kid in 2000 had the same level of anxiety as the average psychiatric patient in the early 1950’s.