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TIL that snails/slugs can effortlessly glide over sharp edge of a knife or a razor without harming itself

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nvV7 TIL in 2011 a Russian man who attempted to rob a beauty salon was beaten into submission by the female owner, who is a black belt in karate, and kept as a sex slave for three days.
eQv4 TIL a Texas dad engaged in a 3-hour armed standoff with police while trying to prevent doctors from pulling the plug on his brain-dead son. The son eventually came out of his coma and recovered. Dad was charged for the incident, but the charges were later reduced.
nap7 TIL A man tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head because of his severe OCD. But, the bullet didn’t kill him and destroyed the part of his brain that was responsible for his OCD. He then became an honors student at college five years later.
6ELbw TIL the population of the Dusky seaside sparrow was devastated by intentional flooding of Merritt Island to reduce mosquito populations around the Kennedy Space Center. The last known sparrow died in July 1987 at Disney's Discovery Island.
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