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TIL Mr. T stopped wearing gold chains in 2005 because he thought it would be an insult to the people who lost everything after Hurricane Katrina

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xQmD TIL that during the time that Pol Pot ruled Cambodia, at least 1.4 million Cambodians were killed or died. Some individuals loyal to him were even killed for failing to find enough “counter-revolutionaries” to execute.
GALB4 TIL: that in Switzerland, it’s illegal to own just one guinea pig because they get lonely.
R7wM7 TIL Aimo Koivunen overdosed on methamphetamine, stepped on a land mine, survived for a week in a ditch by eating pine cones, skied 250 miles and was found weighing 94lb with a heart rate of 200bpm. Then wen ton to live for another 45 years!
xVXWo TIL a dolphin at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies was given a reward of fish for turning in trash that had fallen in the pool to the trainers, including dead seagulls. She began hiding fish under a rock to use to lure gulls, which she would catch to get even more fish.
eeW4 TIL that dropping molten glass into cold water produces a tadpole-like shape whose head can withstand hammer blows, but which explodes violently if its tail is damaged.