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TIL in 2011 Fagilyu Mukhametzyanov collapsed at home from a heart attack & was declared dead. Days later, as she lay in the casket at her own funeral, she woke up. Seeing all the weeping mourners, she began yelling & was rushed to the hospital where she died again 12 minutes later of heart failure.

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N7R41 TIL helium is the only element that was discovered outside of earth before being found on our planet. Also, when cooled past its lambda point, it becomes a superfluid without viscosity.
xVlg TIL a local radio DJ vowed to stay on air until the Orioles won a game during their longest losing streak on record, 21 games. He was on air for 11 straight days, and despite developing health issues, slept only during songs!
XEomQ TIL that there is now serious scientific study supporting the idea that trees thrive in interconnected communities, as they communicate toward mutual goals. Sharing sunlight, raising young, conserving resources. Mycorrhizal networks of tree roots and fungi may operate in similar manner as a brain.
eWrE TIL The Dilbert principle describes how Companies systematically promote their least-competent employees to management, in order to limit the amount of damage they are capable of doing.
GYP8J TIL Casey Kasem declined to reprise his role as Shaggy in "Scooby Doo on Zombie Island" because he had recently gone vegan and wanted that reflected in the character, which was not upheld. This resulted in Billy West's one and only credit for portraying Shaggy.