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TIL that a man choked to death after winning a cockroach-eating contest. In Florida. For a snake.

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neopW Today I learned that flat-faced dogs like pugs are so deformed that veterinary students can mistake their x-rays for dogs that have been hit by cars. One vet has publicly stated that their nose is so misshapen that they only get enough oxygen when they're intubated with a breathing tube.
aDNy TIL that a Russian family of 6 lived alone in the harsh forests of the taiga for forty years before being discovered in 1978. One family member is still living out there, a region deemed uninhabitable by some of the fiercest and best equipped animals for surviving, yet this one girl manages.
Xdo8 TIL Arland Williams sacrificed his life to save 5 other passengers from the icy waters of the Potomac on Air Flight Florida 90
X0Kj TIL That during the Mohammed Cartoon controversy in 2005, Iran threatened to start an International Holocaust Cartoon competition.
GYEAg TIL "hermetically sealed" is named after Hermes Trismegistus who was into alchemy and supposedly found a way to make a glass tube air tight.