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TIL a DEA agent shot himself in the foot in front of a classroom of children after claiming the pistol was unloaded. He foolishly tried to carry on and attempted to present to them a rifle while the children screamed at him to “Put it down”. He claimed the rifle was also unloaded.

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RDM7 TIL that toilet paper has been around since the 6th century and was mass produced by the 14th.
Eg1D0 TIL of the "Boring Billion". From roughly 1.8 billion BC to 0.8 billion BC, relatively nothing happened on earth. There was tectonic stability, a static climate, and hardly any biological evolution. It has been termed "The Dullest Time in Earth's History".
E1mlx TIL Researchers have discovered that a cicada fungus called contains chemicals similar to those in hallucinogenic mushrooms. It causes cicadas to lose their limbs & eccentric behavior sets in: Males try to mate with everything they encounter, although the fungus has consumed their genitals & butts.
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