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TIL When challenged to prove her claims, a proponent of Breatharianism (living without food or fluid of any sort) lasted four days before suffering acute dehydration

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4Xnao TIL pigeons who are sick or aging hide (and die) in remote places a reason why its rare to see pigeon corpses
4X6N5 TIL Some members of the Donner party survived after their campfire fell through 25 feet of snow and landed on the ground, creating a cave-like area for them to shelter from an incoming winter storm.
0jOL TIL the “Duds” in the name of the candy Milk Duds is because the original goal was to have perfectly round pieces of candy, but the machines the company had at the time couldn’t quite do it.
J16g4 TIL about Vesna Vulović who survived a 6.3-mile fall after a bomb destroyed the plane she was a flight attendant on
4X0A5 TIL that Judith Barsi, 10 year old child actress known for ‘A Land Before Time’ and other titles, was shot and killed by her own father in a tragic murder-suicide.