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TIL there exists a centipede the size of your forearm that lives in caves, and catches bats in mid-flight.

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nWwwo TIL that Frank Sinatra carried 10 dimes with him at all times and was even buried with 10 dimes in his pocket. This habit stemmed from the 1963 kidnapping of his son where the kidnappers only communicated by payphone, and Sinatra worried he would not have enough coins for the calls.
1e18 TIL Bob Marley died of cancer, which originated in his toe. He didn’t accept what would’ve been a fairly easy procedure of amputation, due to his religious beliefs. He died at 36 after the decease had spread to his lungs and brain.
gMEE4 TIL of Lucy Ann Johnson, a woman who disappeared in September 1961. Her husband reported her missing in 1965, and he was suspected of her murder. In 2013, Johnson was found alive. She said that she had left because her husband had been abusive.
7rVAM TIL: In China, any TV shows and films featuring time travel are censored
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