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TIL in 2006 a man went to a hospital complaining about a headache & was found to have 12 nails (up to 2 inches in length) embedded in his skull from a suicide attempt. Although the nails did not pierce any major blood vessel or the brain stem & he survived with no serious lasting physical effects.

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epxkg TIL between 2002 and 2018, 13 people were killed in Filipino karaoke bars while performing Frank Sinatra's "My Way" by other drunken patrons. Reasons include singing it in the wrong key or too many times in a row, or the "arrogant" lyrics putting off the audience. Most bars have now banned the song.
QY0p TIL That until 2007, NFL defenses could be flagged for excessive home crowd noise. Here is John Elway in 1990 demanding Chiefs fans quiet down:
6KNQ TIL: Dexter Holland, the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and songwriter of The Offspring has an MS in molecular biology, and in 2013 co-authored a paper on microRNA in HIV genomes. He owns a hot sauce company, and is a licensed flight instructor who has flown around the world on his own, in ten days.
Me0Ym TIL that the Mary in "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was a real person. Her name was Mary Sawyer, and she brought a lamb to her school, where it was seen by John Roulstone, who wrote the basis for the nursery rhyme.
0w8my TIL the Road Runner in the original Looney Tunes never left the road. Every single scene he was in always had him standing or running on a road.