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TIL that wind-chill is not actually accurate and that it was made up by two explorers in Antarctica

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0woMA TIL the Echis (Saw-Scaled Viper) is responsible for more human related deaths than any other snake and is arguably responsible for more deaths per year than all other snake species combined.
6VGQ TIL that on February 25, 2003, MSNBC cancelled their highest rated show at the time, ‘Donahue’, because Phil Donahue was a vocal opponent of the impending Iraq invasion. His show had higher ratings than Chris Matthews 'Hardball’, but Matthews was a big proponent of the Iraq invasion.
p8dpb TIL that after Hurricane Katrina, prisoners who couldn‘t move back to their destroyed neighbourhoods after finishing their sentence were significantly less likely to be reincarcerated afterwards
WJMA TIL Dock Ellis once threw a no-hitter while tripping balls on LSD. He claimed to have seen Richard Nixon and Jimi Hendrix, and the footage of the game was locked away because it was “an embarrassment to the league.”
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