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TIL after four months of rejections Kim O'Grady added 'Mr.' to his name on resume/CV and almost immediately landed a job.

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1aD5O TIL real human skulls are traded on Instagram by a small but active underground collectors’ market. The skulls are decorated and sold by macabre enthusiasts. Some sell for tens of thousands of dollars.
e0gwE TIL Death from laughter is a real thing. Excessive laughter can cause trauma, fainting and death by cardiac arrest or asphyxiation.
6VoJ TIL that Carlos Hathcock, USMC in Vietnam, crawled inch by inch, 1500 yards for 72hours straight to assassinate an NVA General, narrowly escaping being bitten by a viper, and almost being stepped on by a NVA soldier. He successfully completed the mission, and escaped the same way he had entered.
VMQZG TIL that Winnie Mandela, wife of Nelson Mandela, operated private security called the Mandela United Football Club, which was responsible for kidnappings, torture, and murder, including that of a 14 year old boy. She is said to be responsible for at least 15 deaths.
epx6 TIL John Forbes Nash (of A Beautiful Mind fame) was admitted to graduate school on the strength of a one sentence recommendation letter from his advisor that read “This man is a genius”.