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TIL despite Australia’s reputation for having dangerous snakes, Australia averages just 1-2 snake bite deaths per year.

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Y7O0A TIL in 2016, 19-year-old college student Austin Harrouff walked into a garage and killed two strangers, eating one of the victims' faces. He thought he was “half man, half dog” and being chased by a demon. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity
w8eY TIL Marilyn Monroes was Playboy’s first Sweetheart (later Playmate) of the Month. Marilyn had been paid $50 to model for the picture in 1949; Hugh Hefner bought it for $500 and launched an empire.
WnXX TIL of familiar strangers, the background characters that a person usually sees at their workplace or school, but don’t talk with. However, if both were to discover each other in an unfamiliar setting, like a restaurant, they’d finally interact for the first time.
OLyR TIL Churchill in WW2 ordered all German Air Ambulances, painted white with red cross (Seenotdienst Search and Rescue) to be shot down when encountered
oRBM8 TIL A Washington DC Judge filed a $54 million lawsuit against a small dry cleaner for losing his pants