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TIL about Gatorade white slime mold. it is a common problem and can make one sick enough to need hospitalization

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oBbNA TIL when Justin Beiber was 17, he guest-starred as a serial bomber and serial killer on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. One of the show's stars, Marg Helgenberger, later stated on French radio that he was 'kind of a brat' on the set of the show.
89j8 TIL that in 2009 archaeologists discovered elephants, baboons, wildcats and other animals buried in the ancient city of Hierakonpolis, Egypt. It was possibly the world’s first zoo-like environment, dating back to 3500 B.C.
6jdm TIL of Kiyoko Matsumoto, who in 1933 committed suicide by jumping into a volcanic crater on the island of Oshima. Japan. This started a trend in Japan, and in the year after her death 944 other people (804 men and 140 women) leapt into the same crater
9x6m TIL Washington State has a ‘Mutual Combat’ law, where both parties consent to the fight and agree to the rules.
9v5Q TIL that, if we could extend our lives indefinitely, humans would die at an average age of 1200 in accidents.