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TIL 3 suicide bombers prematurely exploded because the bombs were set on daylight savings time.

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Wkv6o TIL A 2004 American Public Health Association (APHA) resolution called for a moratorium factory farms for growing antibiotic resistance of pathogens, drinking water contamination from waste, severe respiratory problems in workers, and illnesses among people living nearby
QNWlX TIL that turkeys can sometimes reproduce asexually, forming near-clones of themselves.
ejWJ TIL for each meth lab discovered in California, about 80 are discovered in Indiana
8e0kZ TIL of the "Casu martzu" - a sardinian fermented sheep cheese that has live maggots in it. It's considered unsafe to eat if the maggots have died, and is served alongside strong red wine. The larvae in the cheese can launch themselves distances up to 15 centimetres when disturbed.
5QOr TIL A man advertised over the internet searching for somebody that wanted to be killed and eaten, to which a man actually responded and allowed himself to be eaten alive.