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TIL about Eben Byers a man who drank radioactive water for 3 years in the 1920's and 30s and rotted himself to death from the inside out.

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YplNr TIL that after John Lennon was murdered, at least three Beatles fans took their own lives out of grief, and Yoko Ono felt that she had make an appeal asking mourners not to give into despair
4Xymb TIL That law enforcement officers in many states have their own additional bill of rights
8el58 TIL about "fake" animal rescue videos where animals are put in a situation where they need to be rescued by the rescuers themselves
d8xWE TIL That Mauritius is 48.5% Hindu, making it the only country in Africa where Hinduism is the most-followed religion
v1r9r TIL a total of 62 extras and crew members died after a fire broke out while filming the Indian historical drama The Sword of Tipu Sultan (1989). It is the largest number of on-set deaths in film history.