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TIL Australian serial Killer Ivan Milat lost 25kg (55lbs) from a failed hunger strike in prison when he was denied a PlayStation

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dJld TIL C-4 is very stable and insensitive to most physical shocks. C-4 cannot be detonated by a gunshot or by dropping it onto a hard surface.
XEWkX TIL that Festivus, a fictional holiday from a 1997 Seinfeld ep featuring the "Airing of Grievances," where celebrants tell loved ones ways they've "wronged" them over the previous year, is still celebrated annually by a Fla. newspaper that prints grievances from around the U.S. on Festivus, Dec. 23.
WkdrA TIL Women started shaving only in the early 1900s and it was out of a need.
ne6E7 TIL that a Scottish man lost 276 pounds by not eating for 382 days. He only drank tea, coffee, and sparkling water and took vitamin supplements.
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