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TIL in 2012, a Florida man has his hand bitten off by an alligator and he was charged with illegally feeding the animal.

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PbDe TIL that in 2010, an ex-amusement park worker created a roller coaster concept specifically and efficiently designed to kill its passengers with “elegance and euphoria.”
a8v0A TIL Rockwall, Texas is named for a wall they unearthed in 1851 but keep it buried because some people think the ~20 square-mile rectangle dike appears artificial.
a59A TIL there is a stretch of highway in British Columbia that is nicknamed the “Highway of Tears” for its long history of murders and disappearance of predominantly aboriginal women
xDGg TIL that in at least one naval battle, Hannibal of Carthage had clay pots filled with venomous snakes and instructed his sailors to throw them onto the decks of enemy ships.
E1xwd TIL In 1969 Forrest Parry, an IBM engineer, had the idea to affix magnetic tape to a plastic card. Every adhesive failed. He went home frustrated. His wife was ironing when he walked in. She suggested he fuse the tape onto the card with the iron. It was a success, and the magstripe card was born.