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TIL people with albinism are hunted for their body parts in Africa because they're body parts are believed to be magical.

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4XkDX TIL that after a sufficiently long haul of insert/delete operations on a Binary Search Tree, the height of the tree degrades to O(sqrt(n)) and does not remain O(logn) mainly because of the fact that Hibbard Deletions lead to an asymmetric tree structure.
GBaG TIL that 18th Century voracious eater Tarrare was ejected from hospital after being suspected of eating a toddler.
KDDJ TIL In 2010, a man swallowed two spoonfuls of pure caffeine, and quickly collapsed and died.
e0YAE TIL about highpointing: The act of ascending the highest point of every American state. Only 10 new people manage to climb them/year, making it more unique than climbing the Mount Everest!
0dWXy TIL of Gunnar Sønsteby, a member of the Norwegian resistance in WW2, whose Oslo Gang stole the printing plates for the kroner from the Central Bank and assassinated the Nazi head of police for Norway. He was the most highly decorated Norwegian citizen at the time of his death.