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TIL that due to a rare condition, a simple Hickey can turn into a deadly stroke, a 17-year-old die getting a hickey from his girlfriend.

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b6eNE TIL lightning doesn’t have an increased chance to strike you while looking out of the window 😅
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v1PYj TIL a monkey named Naruto sued over copyright of a selfie he had taken. The case made it to the appeals court and was eventually settled out of court.
8aGJ8 TIL Italian artist Piero Manzoni filled 90 tin cans with feces, called it 'Artist's shit' and sold them for up to €124,000 a tin. In August 2016, at an art auction in Milan, one of the tins sold for a new world record of €275,000, including auction fees.
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