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TIL two teenagers in China destroyed their kidneys by doing 1,000 squats, which caused their muscles to break down to the point it resulted in rhabdomyolysis.

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8a7PV TIL about Jahangir Khan: A Pakistani squash player who won the World Open 6 times and went undefeated from 1981-1986, winning 555 games in a row which is the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sports as recorded by Guinness World Records.
M0Rb TIL Quran explicitly says to love Christians.
Nym8 TIL that in 1985, a woman suspected of smuggling drugs was detained at LAX. After over 16 hours, she passed 88 balloons filled with cocaine.
vo0D TIL Matthew McConaughey’s father died while having sex with his mother and she insisted that he be carried out of the house naked after he was pronounced dead because as she puts it “I was just so proud to show off my big old Jim McConaughey — and his gift.”
xVkk7 TIL: If a service dog approaches you without an owner, don't ignore or shoo it away. Someone could need serious medical attention.