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TIL A man named John Edward Jones got trapped in a tiny hole, upside down, in the Nutty Putty caves in Utah, was stuck in that position for 28 hours before finally passing away, and his body is still there.

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QJGle TIL a killer whale at MarineLand learned to regurgitate fish and let it sit on the surface to attract seagulls. When a seagull takes the bait, the whale would come up from the water and eat the bird. Four other whales copied that behavior.
veNL TIL that 3 years after illegally joining the Marines at the age of 14, Jacklyn Lucas snuck onto a ship bound for Iwo Jima, stormed the beach without a rifle, and threw himself on top of two grenades to protect his team. He survived, and earned the Medal of Honor at the age of 17.
p8Y5Z TIL Investor Chris Sacca passed on investing in Snapchat, concerned about the potential sexting aspect, and passed on AirBnB, concerned about people getting murdered on a property. Both are now valued at over $30 and $20 billion respectively.
LkxPQ TIL in 2004 a woman in Texas was arrested and faced a year in jail for selling a vibrator to two undercover cops posing as a married couple at a private party
ZpKvp TIL in 1876, the government of Japan forced Korea to admit Japanese merchants and trading vessels into the Korean port city of Busan in a gradual attempt to force the Korean government to abandon its policy of isolationism