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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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a8eXA Today I Learned the Word for the Cancerous bumps on my husband's head. I grew up in a medically minded family so I have sent him to get moles checked before and there's been no problem. Today I learned what a Squamous Cell Carcinoma is and EVERYONE needs to know this.
woKpM TIL Captain America co-creator Jack Kirby was drafted into the U.S. Army during WWII, landing at Omaha Beach in Normandy. When a lieutenant found out he was a comics artist, he made Kirby a scout who would advance into towns and draw reconnaissance maps and pictures, an extremely dangerous duty.
AVnd TIL Julian Assange has been stuck in the Ecuadorian embassy longer than his maximum prison sentence would be, should he have been convicted in Sweden.
PYRoJ TIL a Spanish civil servant didn't show up to work for 6 years, and was only discovered when someone tried to give him an award for long service
lAx5 TIL that crows (and other corvids) can remember individual human faces, hold grudges against us, and teach their crow brothers and sisters to dislike us too.