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TIL: In 2011, a man’s death was officially listed as “starvation” from a celery only diet.

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EgPbV TIL where the "Did a dingo eat your baby?" joke from The Rugrats Movie came from. Based on a real case, the Evil Angels film has a scene where the murder-accused mother says, "The dingo took my baby!" It gets misquoted in a bunch of shows as "a dingo ate my baby."
rRrVM TIL of Agness, a town in rural SE Oregon, that is serviced by USPS mailboat due to mountainous and isolated terrain.
vGR TIL that in 2001, Slash (guitarist) was diagnosed with Cardiomyopathy due to drugs and alcohol abuse. He was given between 6 days and 6 weeks to live. He survived and now has a defibrillator implanted inside him.
Z84RY TIL An Inmate sued Himself for $5 Million dollars for commiting a crime that went against his religious beliefs -- He demanded the state pay the damages because he had no money himself
5JGP TIL that Bill Ward, drummer for Black Sabbath, was set on fire several times by his band mates as pranks. One almost resulted in his death