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TIL there exists a less venomous, invasive Brown Widow Spider that is slowly replacing the Black Widow

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M74OK TIL that surgeon August Bier tested a form of anesthesia that involved injecting cocaine directly into the spine on his own assistant, and to test its effectiveness, he stuck a needle in his leg, hit him in the shins with a hammer, pulled out his pubic hair, and even squeezed his testicles.
G7dQ TIL of Jerusalem Syndrome, when tourists visiting Jerusalem suddenly have religious delusions and begin believing that they are the next coming of Jesus.
9YGLM TIL that an Italian man faked his own kidnapping in Syria in 2016 to get ransom money from Italian government but he was kidnapped for REAL and was released 3 years later after his kidnapping and after returning to his country, he was charged with fraud.
GQdQ TIL a 3rd person was shot during JFK’s assassination. He was rejected from attending the 50th commemorative event at Dealey Plaza even after petitioning the mayor
nmPb TIL a man was awarded the Fields Medal and $1 million for his 26 page essay proving that everything can be formed into a sphere. He turned down the money, saying he doesn’t do math for money. He still lives in a bare, cockroach infested apartment.