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TIL that Cloudflare uses lava lamps to create random data since computers aren't great at it.

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ZR5R TIL deaf schizophrenics can have auditory hallucinations
WRod TIL there was a 14-year old boy who died after the height adjustment cylinder on his chair exploded, shooting metal shrapnel into his rectum.
9w7br TIL a surgeon named Robert Liston performed a surgery that had a 300% mortality rate. He amputated his patient's leg in under 2 and a half minutes who died from gangrene, amputated his assistant's fingers who also died from gangrene, and cut the coat tails of a spectator, who died from shock.
M7BW8 TIL: After a promise to his daughter, it took Walt Disney 20 years to finally obtain the rights to Mary Poppins
m1EBp TIL about The Musalman, the world's only newspaper which is entirely written by hand instead of being typed. This Chennai-based Urdu-language newspaper has been circulated since 1927 and is 4 pages long.