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TIL that it took Tim Treadwell over 6 minutes to die during the bear attack that ended his life.

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1aelP TIL ice blocks are cut from frozen lakes, packed in sawdust and sold and delivered door to door before the invention of refrigerators
rR4Dw TIL that Carlo Kaiser had a decade long career as a professional soccer player, during which time he managed to hide the fact that he was a bad player through various techniques, such as faking injuries, changing teams, and befriending journalists who would write fake articles about him.
Rnxj TIL: Platypus DNA contains reptilian, avian, and mammalian lineages.
wpE7 TIL that not only is Manny Pacquiao one of the most successful boxers of all time–winning eight world titles in as many weight classes–he is also a politician, basketball coach, actor, and a retired singer.
71lP TIL Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuściński lived through twenty-seven revolutions and coups, been jailed 40 times and survived four death sentences. He said that he felt at home in Africa as “food was scarce there too and everyone was also barefoot.