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TIL: In 2008, A Bank Robber Used Craigslist to Hire Decoys to Confuse Police Responding to the Crime

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rJY0 TIL that octopus mothers will sometimes eat their own arms to survive while protecting their eggs; they will not leave the nests before the eggs hatch even to find food.
7rO7M TIL the first man to get an implanted heart pacemaker in 1958 had it replaced with 21 subsequent models.
X456 TIL that Box Jellyfish venom is so powerful, human victims have been known to go into shock and drown or die of heart failure before even reaching shore.
8a6BK TIL about a localized horror legend, “The Donkey Lady”. The ghost of a woman who’s limbs were burned into hoof like stumps, and face melted into an elongated, donkey-like mask. Widely believed and retold in San Antonio for 50+ years. She even has a namesake bridge.
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