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TIL every single Miss America winner since 1960 is still alive

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9YRar TIL the song Over the River and Through the Wood is actually about Thanksgiving, and although we don't usually associate Thanksgiving with snow, at the time it was written, in the early 19th century, New England was going through the Little Ice Age.
dD8dE TIL that in 2019, a man from Gujarat, India, bit a snake after the snake had bitten him. Both he and the snake died.
Jr58 TIL - Moray eels (along with many other species) have a second fully-functioning set of extendable jaws at the base of their throat. They alternate biting and pulling with these so that the meal is never released as they attempt to swallow live prey.
jNdYv TIL of the “Human Lightning Conductor” Roy C. Sullivan. Between 1942 and 1977, Sullivan was struck by lightning on seven different occasions. He survived all of them.
D1GRP TIL Charlie Murphy interviewed for the movie CB4 by pointing a loaded 9 mm pistol at Chris Rock during the audition.