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TIL a man has been injecting snake venom for the past twenty years with the intentions of achieving immortality

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0p8N TIL that childbirth is roughly fourteen times as likely to cause death than (legal) abortion
QJZoX TIL that the old man on the cross in the music video for “Heart-Shaped Box” by Nirvana had bowel cancer during filming and at one point his stomach burst open, leading to him being taken off set in an ambulance. The band members and the director then sat in silence for an hour.
XE1Y6 TIL Texas is the only state with it's own power grid, the Texas Interconnected System, which is therefore not subject to federal interstate regulations
Rv7l TIL there is an American cemetary hidden in northern France that contains the “dishonored dead;” dozens of US service members executed for war crimes committed during WWII
69GxW TIL that the Iffland-Ring is a ring worn by the most significant/worthy German-speaking actor. Each wearer is nominated by the previous wearer, the current being Jens Harzer who was nominated by Bruno Ganz.