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TIL Roald Amundsen, who led the first expedition South Pole killed and ate many of his sled dogs to achieve this task. He is considered to be cruel and ruthless by experts, and later on himself lamented his brutal behaviour.

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ageJ TIL that Stephen King has directed one film, the horrendously received Maximum Overdrive. King said he was “coked out of [his] mind all through its production, and [he] really didn’t know what [he] was doing” and that he never intended to direct a movie again.
WkXaL TIL a 60-year-old American man with severe amnesia was blind for 9 months due not being able to afford cataract surgery. When a charity paid for it and he could see again, he was shocked to discover he was around 20 years older than he thought he was.
9wLQD TIL About the “Cicada Brood X” and its 17-Year Life Cycle
jNABR TIL that in 1981, Disneyland was sued by the family of a nine-year-old girl, claiming that a performer in a Winnie the Pooh suit had hit her in the face, causing brain damage. The performer defended himself in court by wearing the costume and demonstrating that he was unable to hit anyone.
kOnve TIL cows and humans have very similar reproductive systems.