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TIL that the entomologist Justin O. Schmidt created the ''Schmidt sting pain index''. This scale rates the pain from stings of ants, wasps and bees. While getting stung by a warrior wasp, he told to himself: ''Torture. You are chained in the flow of an active volcano. Why did I start this list?''.

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gJpX TIL the heiress to the In-N-Out fortune, Lynsi Snyder, has deliberately kept herself out of the public eye due to kidnapping attempts; one of which occurred while she was still a teenager in highschool.
kO4w5 TIL in 1987 a radiotherapy source containing Caesium-137 was stolen from an abandoned hospital in Brazil to be sold for scrap. The lead capsule was opened and the scrapyard owner's family members and friends played with the glowing material. The radioactive material killed 4 people.
VBmMk TIL the leader of the Jesuits Order, an all-male religious order of the catholic church, is often called "the black pope" due to his black robes and influence over the catholic church
OoyMY TIL of Busta Rhymes Island, a 40x40 island in Central Massachusetts unofficially named by a local who is trying to make the name official through common usage. When asked why the name "Busta Rhymes Island," the local said "It has rope swings, blueberries, and... stuff Busta would enjoy."
rxMw TIL that during the Falklands war, the British Navy mistook whales for submarines and torpedoed them