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TIL that in 2013, an HIV-positive Colombian man was infected with cancer cells from his tapeworm

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5YK9P TIL a pony in Cornwall, England named "Fat Boy" broke out of his stable into a nearby garden with another pony, got drunk from munching on fallen fermenting apples, and fell into a swimming pool. Fire crews spent 2 hrs building a set of hay steps in the pool & hoisted Fat Boy out with harnesses.
JOoj TIL that after winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics, back home in America, because of segregation, Jesse Owens was asked to ride a hotel’s freight elevator to get to a reception being held in his honor.
yvLM TIL when Ellen Burstyn (the mother in The Exorcist) went to see the film in theatre, a woman fainted. Burstyn ran over to help her, but called for someone else to help when she realized the fainted woman would have a bad time waking up to Burstyn’s face.
DQ5yg TIL that Hitler's beard, Eva Braun, made two suicide attempts in the years before she finally collected her Darwin Award in the Führerbunker.
pDNQ TIL in the 90’s Rick James and his girlfriend were charged for kidnapping a music executive and beating her for 20 hours. This happened while they were out on bail for holding a different woman hostage for 20 days, sexually assaulting her and burning her with a crack pipe.