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TIL within 1 hour after using cocaine, the risk of getting a heart attack is elevated 24 times.

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M1lm TIL in 1967 the Prime Minister of Australia mysteriously disappeared while swimming. He was pronounced dead 2 days later but no body has ever been found.
jKlj TIL that there have been several vigilante groups in recent years, including a man named Rodrigo Duterte that transformed the murder capital of the Philippines to “the most peaceful city in Southeast Asia” by killing multiple drug leaders and traffickers. He was dubbed The Punisher by Time Magazine.
JY7xV TIL that after Pearl Harbor three men were trapped deep in the USS West Virginia for 16 days which they marked on the wall of the storeroom they had found shelter in. Soldiers were unable to reach them and no one wanted guard duty near the ship due to the incessant banging of the trapped survivors.
16x74 TIL A traditional marriage custom in Congo forbids the bride and the groom from smiling during their entire wedding day.
N77PP TIL that Mr. Brightside by The Killers is still on the Official Singles Top 100 Chart in the UK despite being released in 2003.