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TIL the dwarf actors in the 1987 film The Garbage Pail Kids Movie could only survive in their costumes for five to seven minutes before their oxygen depleted, so a paramedic with a stop watch was required on set in order to keep the takes quick, and the actors from asphyxiating.

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6EvLw TIL On March 3, 1876 in Bath County, Kentucky, What appeared to be flakes of red meat fell from the sky. People tasted it and said it seemed to be mutton or venison. Others said it may have been bear meat. The widely accepted theory is that it was carrion, vomited up by vultures passing over.
epd8L TIL Glyphosate exposure appears to have negative effects on tight junction proteins and intestinal barrier function AKA "Leaky Gut" - More evidence of the non-target effects of Roundup on the mammalian gut microbiome.
6EpnX TIL duck boat tours use replica or surplus military DUKW vehicles used for amphibious landings in WW2
9wVRD TIL that Dave Brandt, the face behind the "It ain't much, but it's honest work" meme, died last May in an auto collision. His life was really about honest work.
j6rGR TIL people believe that survival rate after CPR is 75%, while in reality it's only 7.6% after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and only 17% for in-hospital cardiac arrest