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TIL pubic lice are going extinct because their natural habitats are being destroyed

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jNXln TIL Union Pacific train operators once faced a real life "trolley problem" when 30 of its cars broke loose during a switching operation and headed at high speed without breaks toward downtown Los Angeles -- and decided to derail them on a side track, destroying two homes and injuring 13 people
GV4N TIL During a major Civil War battle, both armies briefly stopped fighting to watch a fist fight between two opposing soldiers who had both taken cover in the same place.
KR4Q TIL James Brown was mummified after death and still resides at his daughters home.
WEDA TIL there is a religion called “Dudeism” and it is based on “The Big Lebowski” movie. You can become an ordained dudeist priest for free. The church is called “The Church of the Ladder-Day Dude”.
BMAL TIL A man named Will Purvis survived a hanging because the noose became untied. He had previously told all 12 jurors that he would “Live longer than the lot of them”. He died 3 days after the last juror had died.