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TIL that Different Races have Different Types of Earwax

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X0M1k TIL a man named Gary Ashbrook died after suffocation by a condom. He was looking for new sexual thrills, but ended up dead, suffocated by a condom. Gary was found dead naked, next to three empty cans of nitrous oxide which he used to inflate the condom and put it over his head.
ea4g TIL: In 1886 workers in Chicago went on general strike to rally for an 8-hour day. Later, it became International Workers’ Day celebrated worldwide - except in the US
v1M18 TIL the first King to travel around the world was King Kalākaua of Hawaii
pYx9A TIL The stability–instability paradox states that when two countries each have nuclear weapons, the probability of a direct war between them greatly decreases, but the probability of minor or indirect conflicts between them increases.
M77Gb TIL that cancer in heart cells is extremely rare, or unlikely to occur due to the cell division mechanism in a heart's muscle cells