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TIL: There’s such thing as an underwater Ice Tornado that kills everything it touches.

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dJO8 TIL that when Martin Strel swam over 3000 miles down the length of the Amazon River, a boat assisting him poured rancid blood overboard to distract the pirhanas
64PQ TIL 3 people were hanged for the 1660 murder of William Harrison in the year 1661. In 1662, William Harrison returned on a ship after escaping slavery, having been kidnapped by pirates. This lead to the “no body, no murder” rule.
VMdAm TIL that "ACHOO", the phonetic word for a sneeze, is actually an acronym for "Autosomal Cholinergic Helio-Ophtalmologic Outburst syndrome". This strange sensation is also known as a Photic Sneeze Reflex, which is the feeling you have to sneeze while looking at a bright light.
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