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TIL in 2016 two teens died after ingesting a concoction known as 'Dewshine' (a mixture of Mountain Dew & racing fuel, which is virtually 100% methanol). These are the first reported deaths in the US associated with the mixture. Two other teens who also drank it became intoxicated, but survived.

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KObXw TIL that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch contains around 80 million kg of floating plastic debris of various size and shape, principally made of Polyethylene and Polypropylene, accumulated in an area 3 times the size of continental France.
lvlV TIL that Dave Mustaine, Megadeth singer/guitarist, had to re-teach his left hand how to play guitar in 2002. He was diagnosed with radial neuropathy after falling asleep with his arm over the back of a chair leaving him unable to make a fist.
XamQ TIL in 1994, Andres Escobar, a colombian soccer player , was killed for scoring a goal by mistake to his own team in the football World Cup of that year. The murder was only ten days after the mistake.
R5pEa TIL Karolina Olsson was a Swedish woman who supposedly fell into "hibernation" at age 14. She remained that way for 32 years and 42 days. Upon awakening, she did not recognize her family but remembered everything she had ever learned.
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