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TIL a snowy owl once flew from the Artic to Honolulu, and was seen flying around the international airport. It would be shot the same day by wildlife services.

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YpY8A TIL about contronyms, single words that have contradictory meanings like dust (to add particles, or to remove particles)
ANJed TIL that Jan Smithers (Bailey from WKRP in Cincinnati) was Josh Brolin's stepmom for several years before Barbra Streisand
V6Em TIL in 1944 Nazi scientists developed an experimental drug named “D-IX” which could force an equipment laden soldier to march 88.5 km without rest. They had plans to supply these pills to all German troops but war ended before mass production.
7rZKM TIL During WW2, a German air raid in Bari, Italy hit the US Navy's SS John Harvey and 1000 people were exposed to the secret cargo of 2,000 mustard gas bombs. Doctors observed that the mustard gas destroyed the white blood cells of the victims. This discovery led to the development of chemotherapy.
kJ404 TIL in 2016 a man ate a ghost pepper in an eating contest and drank 6 glasses of water to cool off. He vomited so much he tore a hole in his esophagus and was rushed to a hospital where doctors found his left lung collapsed. He spent 23 days in the hospital and was sent home with a gastric tube.