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TIL A man has bitten by so many snakes, that his blood is able to be used as an antivenom.

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9Ymkm TIL an art dealer’s estate included a collage involving a stuffed golden eagle. The IRS valued the work at $65 million, however, the estate argued it was worth $0 as its illegal to sell eagles. As neither party could sell the art, the dispute was settled by donating it to a museum.
DvQD TIL that in 1963, a man, after knocking down a wall while renevating his house, discovered an enterance to the entire Derinkuyu Underground City located in Turkey
QVQM TIL that President Andrew Jackson told Vice President John Calhoun “If you secede from my nation I will secede your head from the rest of your body” when South Carolina tried to nullify federal law in 1832.
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