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TIL Yahoo turned down the chance to buy Google for $1 million in 1997.

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ADrPl TIL of Alice Blunden, a woman who was so knocked out after having ingesting a large amount of poppy tea that a doctor pronounced her dead. She was quickly buried, but exhumed when people could hear her voice from the grave. She was so close to death, she was once again accidentally buried alive.
d1Wj TIL that when we burn fat, the ‘lost weight’ is exhaled as carbon dioxide and water.
4k4pR TIL about Linda Buonanno, an IBS patient who was relieved of symptoms by knowingly taking a placebo pill
yQaxl TIL that no Major League Baseball player has ever worn the number 86 or 89. Every other number between 0-99 has been worn by at least one player
E16x7 TIL that the Baliff on Judge Judy makes $1 million per year