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TIL: In 2019, Salman Mirza and his ex wanted to hook up, but didn't have a condom, so they used epoxy resin to seal it in instead. His friends later found him unconscious and drove him to the hospital where he died of multiple organ failures due to the faux condom.

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ZwQ TIL that the novel Fahrenheit 451 was first published in Playboy magazine.
9wOy6 TIL is is estimated that medical errors is the 3rd leading cause of U.S deaths, causing up to 250k deaths yearly
mbOx TIL that Lake Kivu is one of three lakes that undergoes limnic eruptions. These sudden releases of carbon dioxide kill every human and animal around the lake. It is estimated that the lake erupts about once every thousand years. Currently, about two million people live on the shores of Lake Kivu.
gMWoL TIL that in 2002, China discovered 27 listening devices installed in a Boeing 767 which was going to be used as the Premier's transport. The Chinese allege that the devices were installed by the CIA while the aircraft was undergoing maintenance in Texas. The CIA and White House refused to comment.
KOmva TIL sharks are called "swimming noses" because 2/3 of their brains are olfactory lobes. They can smell blood in water at 1 part per million from hundreds of meters away. But their sense of taste isn't linked to their nose and is not as developed, so often they bite once then decide not to kill.