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TIL men were violently robbed of their testicles in Chicago 1922

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gM5JD TIL Approximately 24,152 people have died climbing Denali including 11 in 1992. In addition. it costs about $11,000 to climb
Qnea TIL 9 of the 10 most densely populated cities and towns in the US are located within the New York City metropolitan area
E1KXp TIL the ‘Balloon Man’ had constipation since he was 2 and died with over 40lbs of feces in his colon. It’s 8ft long and currently preserved at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia
Q8wk TIL that George Orwell fought with anarchists in the Spanish Revolution and was shot in the throat.
NXZVJ TIL that as the Soviet Union collapsed, a cosmonaut named Sergei Krikalev was left stranded on board a Soviet space station. Because of this, he spent 311 consecutive days in space, twice as long as was originally planned.