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TIL in 1972, diver Bret Gilliam survived a 325+ ft ascent, with an empty oxygen tank, after trying to save a colleague from attacking sharks.

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loPAa TIL 139 diners were offered an all-you-can-eat buffet at an upscale restaurant for either $4 or $8. They ate exactly the same food and the same amount, but those who paid $8 rated their meal an average of 11 % higher. The $4 diners were more likely to feel guilty and that they'd overeaten.
lOVN TIL that as of 2013 two hundred thousand (200,000) were interned in North Korea’s “Auschwitz-Like” concentration camps.
GAewE TIL of no burp syndrome, a condition where the cricopharyngeus muscle doesn’t relax preventing air from leaving the stomach. It leads to bloating and flatulence and can be treated with botox.
LLWP TIL that women often get hiccups when they are having a stroke
97l7 TIL: In 1550’s France, Catherine de Medici was so disgusted by women with “thick waists”, she enforced a ban on them from her court - this lead to the widespread use of the corset throughout western civilization for the next 350 years.