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TIL Cenk Uygur Becomes The First Naturalized Citizen on a Presidential Ballot In United States History

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GAeNG TIL that the term “banana republic” was coined by short story writer O. Henry, while he was living in Honduras to avoid his US trial for embezzlement.
kJxPd TIL about the existence of snail kings, which have a left-handed shell-coiling. For common garden snails, researchers estimate the occurrence frequency of snail kings at 1:40,000 individuals.
lJLa TIL that the suicidal jumpers off the Golden Gate Bridge that survived the fall reported a complete change of heart while falling “I instantly realized that everything in my life that I’d thought was unfixable was totally fixable—except for having just jumped.“
Me1k0 TIL that if you wake up during surgery, chances are that you won't be able to tell the surgeon or move at all because paralytics are administered for many types of surgery
rLWo TIL that a man on death row in Oklahoma took a drug overdose on his execution day. Prison staff rushed him to a hospital and saved his life…then brought him back to prison and executed him.