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TIL A 30-year-old man was fishing with two friends at a lake in Brasilândia de Minas, Brazil, when the group was attacked by bees. He and his friends jumped into the lake to escape the bees, but the man drowned and was partially eaten by piranhas

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l7JA7 TIL In 1886 William Ellsworth Robinson, an American Magician assumed the Asian inspired persona of Chung Ling Soo, dressed in traditional Chineese attire, pretended to not speak English & faked a marriage to an Asian American to fool European audiences. He later died during a failed Bullet Catch Act
GY1j5 TIL The Spanish word Olé! is a mispronunciation of the Islamic god “ Allah”!, when dancers performed particularly well, the Islamic Moors ( who ruled over Spain) would yell “ Allah! Allah!”
rR99w TIL about “Charlie the Horse” who survived being trapped by the Frank Slide for a month but then died gorging on brandy and oats provided by his rescuers.
Z8lxa TIL The biggest tea drinkers in the world are the East Frisians in the north west of Germany, consuming on average 300 liters (~79 gallons) of tea per person per year.
epKP4 TIL that in 1950 a recording project of Kenyan songs from Kipsigis people captured songs about Chemirocha or Jimmy Rodgers the blue yodler and father of country and blues. They thought he was half man half goat.