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TIL there have been several reported cases of people dying from laughter, including Greek philosopher Chrysippus (279-206 BC), who died from laughing too hard at his own joke about a donkey eating figs and drinking wine.

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9v5Q TIL that, if we could extend our lives indefinitely, humans would die at an average age of 1200 in accidents.
4vl6 TIL that multiple male contraceptives have already been developed and are ready for use in humans. But pharmaceutical companies are refusing to invest in clinical trials because they do not think there is enough of a market.
LWGv TIL part of Holland can be flooded to keep an invading army out, transforming Holland into an island
oBG17 TIL Mike Tyson once offered a zookeeper $10,000 to fight a gorilla
b6vKQ TIL of the 1985 HBO/CBC mockumentary "The Canadian Conspiracy," about a plot by the Canadian government to subvert the US by infiltrating Hollywood with Canadian stars. Leslie Nielsen and his brother Erik, who was the real life Deputy PM of Canada at the time, are central to the film's plot.