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TIL that british climber Alan Hinkes had to be air rescued from Nanga Parbat in 1997 when flour from a burnt chapati (a type of flatbread) got up his nose, making him sneeze so violently that he prolapsed a disc. He waited 10 days in agony before being rescued and is since known as the "chapati man"

VBXDk TIL the 1988 Camelford Water Disaster was the UK's worst mass poisoning event. Twenty tonnes of aluminium sulphate was accidentally added to the water supply, leading thousands to become sick. Inquests on people who died many years later found very high levels of aluminium in the brain.
N7oy6 TIL of Griselda Balco, Colombian drug lord of the Medellín Cartel and pioneer in the Miami cocaine drug trade and underworld during the 1980s through the early 2000s. It has been estimated that she was responsible for up to 2000 murders while transporting cocaine. She was shot and killed in 2012.
JYyMl TIL Marvel created a superhero who wears a hearing aid after they learned of a boy who refused to wear one because "superheroes don't wear hearing aids"
5YmDp TIL that following the airing of "The Simpsons" episode "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" in 2003 on Fox, Fox News Channel threatened to sue show creator Matt Groening for mocking the network during the episode
D1lYV TIL that there is a town in West Virginia called Green Bank where citizens are banned from using cell phones, Wi-Fi or most other modern technology due to the presence of a hi tech government satellite. Because of this, it has become a sort of haven for people who hate modern technology.