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TIL that Mithridates VI was so paranoid he would be poisoned, he regularly ingested poison to build up resistance. When he was finally captured by the Romans, he attempted suicide by ingesting poison, but failed because of his immunity.

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4XDDX TIL- Ghyslain Raza, the "Star Wars Kid", had his video uploaded without permission. He left school due to depression, taking final exams in a psych unit, and sued the families of the uploaders. He later got his HS diploma, went to law school, and did a media tour speaking out against cyber-bullying.
OogV7 TIL In 2002 Steven Bradbury won "The Most Unexpected Gold Medal in History" with Australia's first Winter Olympics gold, when all his opponents crashed at the last corner in 1,000m speed skating.
R7o5j TIL that Harlon block, a marine who raised the flag at Iwo Jima, died a few days after the famous photo of the event was taken. He was misidentified for 2 years. However, his mother had immediately recognised him in it, saying “I’ve changed so many diapers on that boy’s butt, I know it’s my boy".
rNByw TIL that Nike's meeting went horribly wrong when one of their representatives mispronounced Curry's name, calling him "Steph-on" instead of "Steph-en." Even worse, a repurposed PowerPoint slide displayed Kevin Durant's name and lost Stephen Curry to Under Armour
xYG5 TIL that Po, the smallest Teletubby, is 6 ft. 6 in., while Tinky-Winky looms around 10 ft. tall. Though onscreen the Fab Four appear to be a baby-friendly size, in ‘person’ they are gargantuan, bigger than Barney, bigger even than Big Bird.