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TIL that unfrosted Pop-tarts have more calories than frosted Pop-tarts

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166bV TIL of Edward Archbold who, in 2012, won a pet python in an eating contest, but died shortly after by choking to death. The contest involved eating live cockroaches, and Archbold died after his airway was obstructed by "arthropod body parts."
mxMkp TIL there is a Peruvian dish called Cuy which consists of cooked Guinea Pig.
nWkG7 TIL That the human brain can generate enough electricity to light up a small LED bulb, although this electrical energy is not used to power the human body in a significant way. The electrical signals produced by the brain allow neurons to communicate with each other and can be measured using an
xA5b TIL the engineer who designed the Japanese Kamikaze dive-bombing planes of WWII felt bad about his role in the war, so at its end, he decided to use his skills for peace by designing the body of the Shinkansen (Bullet Train), which has, to this day, operated with zero accident-caused fatalities.
5bdn TIL that after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling which ended US segregation, the governor of Arkansas surrounded an all white high school with National Guard troops. President Eisenhower responded by nationalizing the Arkansas National Guard