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TIL A Herd of Elephants Spontaneously Walked To the Home of the Man Who Rescued Them After He Died, Holding a Vigil

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rxE0 TIL Surfer Chris Blowes survived having his left leg taken by a Great White Shark, despite having no heart beat for the 90 minute trip to the hospital, during which the paramedics conducted nonstop, two-person CPR, keeping oxygenated blood flowing through his brain.
VZNm TIL Dr Jack Kevorkian AKA Dr. Death was imprisoned for 8 years after performing voluntary euthanasia on patients. His tombstone reads “He sacrificed himself for everyone’s rights.”
AOr4 TIL there is a custom in Japan called “Namahage” in which men dressed up as demon-like monsters scare the living shit out of children who are “guilty of laziness or bad behavior” while parents smile and laugh while their children scream and cry in terror. (Video in comments)
p5wQ TIL when James Bond actor, Daniel Craig, first ran off with current wife, Rachel Weisz, he had a fiance that ran up a million dollars on his credit as revenge when she found out.
Bry7d TIL Fred Phelps, the founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, was excommunicated a few months before his death for having a 'change of heart' towards gay people