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TIL lemurs get high on millipedes

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D1GaD TIL in 2014 a man from Oklahoma City killed his stepfather with an "atomic wedgie" - he stretched his stepdad's waistband over his head and around the neck, leaving ligature marks around his neck and blood splatter in several spots in the room.
R988 TIL: Russian Special Forces use a knife that fires a bullet out of the bottom of the hilt. The “safe” way to fire involves holding the blade to absorb recoil.
xVn77 TIL that Henry VIII pestered Anne Boleyn for seven YEARS before she slept with him.
XE0wj TIL A man who summited Everest 12 times after recovering from shattered heels, has the last name "Cool"
GkVg TIL that in the American Civil War Generals were 50% more likely to die in battle than Privates