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TIL flies can live for days without their head

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v0eD TIL At age 16, John Smith of Pocahontas fame was a pirate, sold into slavery in Turkey, had a love affair with his Turkish mistress, killed her husband and three others in a single duel, escaped to Russia, and accidentally blew his genitals off.
WawX TIL alfredo sauce was created in 1914 by Alfredo de Lelio in order to please his pregnant wife.
N7QV8 TIL ancient folklore saved several native tribes during the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami (death toll 230,000). While many locals and tourists ventured curiously into the receding waters, the natives fled, citing "huge shaking of ground followed by high wall of water"
neom7 TIL that expensive prizes at events-- like winning a car for sinking a full-court shot at a basketball game, winning $1,000,000 for a hole-in-one, etc.-- are usually paid for by insurance companies. "Hole-in-one insurance" is an insurance policy that protects against someone winning a huge prize.
XQRR TIL Supercars are often abandoned in Dubai thanks strict debt laws. The cars are “left by expatriates and locals alike who flee in a hurry because they face crippling debts… hopping on the next flight out of there, never to return.”