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TIL death by garbage truck trash compactor is a fairly frequent occurrence, due to people sleeping in dumpsters and the truck drivers not being able to hear their cries for help as they’re dumped and crushed

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YRwA TIL that in the 1940s the FBI considered the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” to be communist propaganda due to its supposed subversive anti-capitalist/banking themes.
9YkZr TIL there is a recently discovered species of Gecko that, instead of its tail coming off during an attack, its skin (scales) come off. Then it looks like raw chicken
6EYjY TIL: Diem, the US-backed Vietnamese president, got 605,025 votes from 450,000 voters in Saigon in 1955
pmXQ TIL at the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
NX0OE TIL People who work with cockroaches often develop an allergic reaction to the insects and at the same time develop an allergic reaction to pre-ground coffee from the insects which also get ground with the beans at the factory.