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TIL: “Gatorade is directly linked to to impaired neurological development, reduced fertility, early onset of puberty and altered thyroid hormones.”

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dD7nK TIL that british climber Alan Hinkes had to be air rescued from Nanga Parbat in 1997 when flour from a burnt chapati (a type of flatbread) got up his nose, making him sneeze so violently that he prolapsed a disc. He waited 10 days in agony before being rescued and is since known as the "chapati man"
78wjr TIL all three victims survived the 1618 defenestration of Prague (the 2nd defenestration of Prague). The Catholics said they were caught by the Virgin Mary while the Protestants said their fall was broken by a garbage pile.
6947l TIL after property and zoning disputes with his town and neighbors Martin Heemeyer constructed a modified armored bulldozer in secret over the course of 18 months in order to destroy the businesses and homes of those he believed conspired against him
v1Ao7 TIL Leonardo DiCaprio used to be a break dancer before he made it big as an actor. According to him he thinks he kept getting rejected by agents because he was a break dancer at the time and had crazy haircuts.
NX0pb TIL that the largest spider in the world, the Goliath Bird Eater, is edible and has been described as “shrimp-like”