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TIL of "Arsenic Eaters" - a group of Austrians who ingested doses far beyond the lethal dose of arsenic trioxide without any apparent harm. They used to eat up small doses initially and gradually built up to 300-400mg as a mithridate to help enable strenuous work at high altitudes in the Alps

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d8P4r TIL In most countries, being born there does not automatically grant you citizenship
e0EBE TIL of the improbable case of Phineas Gage, An American railroad worker who survived an accident where a metal bar went completely through his head
j6RWQ TIL that Lake Michigan has a Triangle similar to the Bermuda Triangle
eydb TIL the 1883 eruption on Krakatoa produced the loudest sound ever known it reverberated around the globe 7 times before diminishing. It could be heard 4,000 miles away, and people with in 100 miles had permenant hearing loss.
WN5o TIL There was a giant log jam that blocked the Red River in Arkansas until the 1800’s. At one point, it was 165 miles long.