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TIL a South African woman survived being raped, disemboweled and almost completely decapitated

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JEPj TIL a man tried to kill another man on live TV with his magical powers. After several hours, the magical man suggested he never died because the god he worshiped is protecting him. The man replied and said he was an atheist.
7rOjP TIL In Maori mythology in New Zealand, there is a story of a land called Hawaiki that their ancestors came from. Some have speculated this to be Hawaii, a journey of 4600 miles.
j6MZn TIL like "R.I.P." many ancient Romans had "NFFNSNC", non fui, fui, non sum, non curo, inscribed on their graves meaning “I was not; I was; I am not; I do not care”. A epicurist philosophy.
5Y1Pn TIL Julius Ceaser was assassinated on the 15th March in 44BC, better known as the Ides of March. His assailants (60 members) were members of the senate and one of them was Ceasers best friend, Marcus Brutus. After the assassination, the Senate passed an amnesty on the assassins.
e04mg TIL that Samuel J. Seymour, the last surviving witness of the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, lived long enough to be interviewed on national television on February 9, 1956.