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TIL that contrary to popular belief, most people who are bitten suffer no serious damage, let alone death.

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X0ed6 TIL of the Loughton incinerator thefts. Between 1988 and 1992 at the Bank of England's incinerator plant, four employees stole more than £600,000 of used bank notes due for incineration. They were eventually found out when the husband of one tried to deposit £100k in used £20s and £50s.
boJp TIL Sand Tiger Shark embryos fight each other in their mother’s womb. The survivor is born.
WPnd TIL according to Timothy Leary, Mary Pinchot Meyer, who was romantically linked to JFK, took part in a plan to avert worldwide nuclear war by convincing powerful male members of the Washington establishment to take LSD, which would presumably lead them to conclude that the Cold War was meaningless
m1yx TIL that the last words of Alex the Parrot to his caretaker was “You be good, see you tomorrow, I love you”.
E1j6V TIL the fastest man-made object is a manhole cover that was blasted into space by an underground nuclear test