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TIL freediver Vitomir Maričić held his breath underwater for 29 minutes, breaking the world record and even surpassing most marine mammals.

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rNGOd TIL that Andorra is officially co-ruled by a Bishop and the Prince of Andorra, a title given to the current President of France. This means the Prince of Andorra is a democratically elected monarch, but elected by the citizens of a foreign country.
R50Zw TIL in high school, with his imposing physique and mustache, most of Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson’s classmates thought he was an undercover cop.
LQBpr TIL one of the ways to make Okinawan snake wine involves putting the snake on ice until it passes out, at which point it is gutted, bled and sewn up. When the viper is thawed and awakens, it will quickly die in an aggressive striking manner, which is what most producers look for.
R5ZGj TIL Ada Lovelace, the First Computer Programmer, Was the Daughter of Romantic Poet Lord Byron and Mathematician Anne Isabella Noel Byron. Lord Byron was a renowned Romantic poet known for his passionate and extremely scandalous lifestyle, as well as masterpieces like Don Juan and She Walks in Beauty
e08A4 TIL of the “Rainbow Party” oral sex urban legend from the early 2000’s that made it as far as featuring on the Oprah Winfrey show