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TIL Stephen King would do so much cocaine he had to stuff cotton up his nose to stop blood from dripping on his typewriter.

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yV8J TIL FedEx returned a volleyball that washed up after the Japanese tsunami
8eENP TIL that the Pharaonic Period of Ancient Egypt lasted 3 Millennia. The timespan between the 1st Pharaoh of a Unified Egypt, Narmer, & the last Pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra VII was over 3,000 years.
GAoZ5 TIL There's a species of toad that gives birth to live young through the skin on its back (trypophobia warning!)
LyE9 TIL that “Sister” Amy Archer-Gilligan (1868-1962), who ran a nursing home, killed at least 5 people by poison (including her husband) but was possibly involved in more deaths as authorities found 48 deaths total at her nursing homes. Her story inspired the play and film Arsenic and Old Lace.
rRQQo TIL when Mayhem's lead singer Dead committed suicide, the group's guitarist Euronymous made necklaces of his skull and gave them to members of the black metal community. This act made bassist Necrobutcher quit; his replacement, Varg Vikernes, murdered Euronymous 2 years later.