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TIL Cleopatra tested various deadly poisons on condemned people and concluded that the bite of the asp was the least terrible way to die.

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D175r TIL that Sam LLoyd, or Ted from Scrubs, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in january which had metastasized from his lungs. Further scans showed that the cancer was also in his liver, spine, and jaw. The news just came weeks after he and his wife received their first child.
4XW0X TIL there is growing fear of "meth gators" in Alabama due to the amount of people flushing drugs down the toilet, causing hyper-aggressive methed up alligators.
ANPJa TIL: During one filming session of the 2004 movie, “passion of Christ”. assistant director Jan Michelini was struck twice by lightning and Minutes later, Jim Caviezel (the actor for Jesus) was also struck. Both survived
8eKX TIL JRR Tolkien actually considered Sam, not Frodo, the hero of the Lord of the Rings series
wL7W1 TIL Myostatin is a protein produced in the human body that inhibits muscle growth. People with myostatin deficiency have twice the muscle mass of the average human and usually more muscle strength. Strongman Eddie Hall has myostatin deficiency