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TIL playing bagpipes can kill you

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8Qxa TIL: All octopuses are venomous! They ‘drill’ a hole through the prey’s shell or exoskeleton using their tough beak and tongue and insert their venomous saliva into the soft interior to kill their prey. There is a special antarctic octopus whose venom works at temperatures that other venom wouldn’t!
oRRDY TIL of the ancient Greek athlete Theagenes. After his death, a rival athlete who held a grudge would beat his statue. The statue fell on his rival, killing him. It was then put on trial, convicted of murder and was exiled by being thrown into the sea.
YpWrB TIL that a woman from the turn of the 20th century would sell people the time by letting them look at her watch
pJEN TIL that anti-occupation Rabbis have actually volunteered to be human shields in order to defend Palestinian villages from destruction
0d9oA TIL Even with the U.S. population almost doubling since 1957, more babies were born that year than any year in American history.