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TIL the road I used to take to school is apparently one of the most dangerous roads in the country!

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lbQ7 TIL that after a great emotional shock, you can die suddenly due to an abnormal hreat rhythm. You can die from a broken heart.
0dypA TIL: Phossy Jaw used to be a common affliction among workers in the matchstick industry for decades which destroys the bones of the jaw. While the cause was linked to the use of white phosphorus within 5 years, it took almost a century of strikes, bans, and taxes to stop its use in the industry.
b9YD7 TIL Yogi Bear was one of several Hanna-Barbera characters to have a collar. This allowed animators to keep his body static, redrawing only his head in each frame when he spoke—a method that reduced the number of drawings needed for a seven-minute cartoon from around 14,000 to around 2,000.
0db4M TIL the bite of the Brazilian Wandering Spider causes a penile erection that can last for several hours
GAmpj TIL That the last time all living humans were on Earth simultaneously was October 31st, 2000. Since that day, there has always been astronauts in space.