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TIL that a man cut his own head off with a chainsaw in protest of being forced out of his home by the government.

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opPW TIL that DARPA has created a drug that eliminates sleepiness. When tested on monkeys with sleep deprivation, the drug made them cognitively alert as well-rested monkeys. With no apparent side affects.
OPee TIL In 1988, a government-led drug, money laundering, and nationwide child abuse ring was exposed in Nebraska. In the aftermath, the case’s chief investigator died violently, the abused minors were jailed for accusing their abusers, and a documentary on the topic was banned.
gMaE8 TIL of Iqbal Masih, a 10 yo kid who was sold into bondage, escaped the shackles of bonded labour , freed over 3000 children who were trapped bonded labour and was responsible for bringing about significant losses to the carpet weaving industry profiteering off bonded labour.
N75kQ TIL: That anesthesiologists, neuroscientists and researchers dont really know how anesthesia works.
dDV87 TIL the Faroe Islands has a giant underwater traffic roundabout in a 11km undersea tunnel that connects two of its most populous islands. Called the Jellyfish Roundabout, it features an illuminated rock and sculptures by Tróndur Patursson