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TIL that a woman once tried to smuggle suitcases made out of 15 kilos of cocaine into Spain.

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GYAX1 Wagyu's fat has a melting point lower than the average human body temperature, it literally melts in your mouth.
aw0JJ TIL during the manhattan project Albert Stevens was injected with plutonium without his knowledge or explicit consent. He survived over 20 years, accumulating a total radiation dose of 64 Sv - the highest known in any human being.
d5BK TIL in World War II, American soldier John R. Fox died when he deliberately called an artillery strike on himself. Realizing that German troops were overrunning his position, the strike delayed the enemy long enough for other American units to organize a counter attack
9Y4am TIL Beatle George Harrison was stabbed multiple times by a home invader, who’d broken into his English estate. His wife, Olivia, saved his life by attacking the assailant with a fire poker and a table lamp.
pY8pb TIL about the colour in CSS called "rebeccapurple", which was named after the daughter of CSS standards pioneer Eric Meyer, who lost her life to cancer on her 6th birthday.