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TIL a girl obsessed with biting her nails was convince by a hypnotist to let them grow to get more enjoyment from biting them. After letting them grow, she no longer wanted to bite them, thus curing her obsession

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e0VL6 TIL five golden retriever puppies died during the filming of Snow Buddies in early 2007
VMPap TIL in 1816, 147 shipwrecked Frenchman were stuck adrift on a makeshift raft when their captain cut the rope towing them. It took only 3 days for them to resort to cannibalism & only 15 survived to be rescued after 13 days. The aristocrat captain hadn't sailed in 20 yrs & it was 100% avoidable.
vdR8 TIL; A man is serving a Life Sentence for loaning a car to a friend and falling asleep.
DQA0Y TIL there are wasps that will paralyze lady bugs with a virus and then put a cocoon of its larvae between the ladybug's legs. The larvae emerge and intentionally only eat non-vital organs/parts. About 25% of the hosts regain control of their body afterwards
ANMl7 TIL the Y chromosome is degenrarting and if it continues at same rate it will disappear in 4.6 milion years.