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TIL that in 2003 Serbian wedding guests accidentally shot down a small plane with celebratory gunfires

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Wko69 TIL that the King Cobras are cannibals, they eat other snakes. Its venom is a pure neurotoxin. It kills by asphyxiation, brings a complete shutdown of the neuro system and breathing collapses. They can grow up to 18 feet long, king cobra can raise a third of its body and look a human in the eye.
wabY TIL that you legally can’t die in the Palace of Westminster if you’re a commoner. Your death is recorded as having taken place at St Thomas’s Hospital.
Rom9 TIL a professional rugby player had his scrotum torn open during a match, had it sewn back together on the bench, and finished the match.