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TIL Roman charioteers and Emperor Nero drank goat dung as an energy drink

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E55w TIL after a hijacked Ethiopian Air jet crashed in the ocean, an estimated 60-80 people who survived the initial water-crash ignored the captains pleas to not inflate the life vests inside the plane. They all drowned when rushing water pinned their inflated vests against the fuselage’s ceiling.
woZa7 Today I learned that Anglerfish mate by fusing together, the small male will attatch to the larger female, basically becoming a parasite, not all do this
1aPxD TIL during the Golden Age of Piracy, many pirates set up social safety net programs such as disability payments for injuries sustained while at sea, as well as life insurance to be paid to a pirate’s family if they died.
dDQE9 TIL OJ Simpson was considered and rejected for the role of The Terminator because he was considered “not believable as a killer”
awmmM TIL: There's a skyscraper with a Ferris wheel built in. The first-of-its-kind ride is mounted over 300 feet above street level. Plans for the project fell through and the building currently stands empty.