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TIL that a Pennsylvania man survived 12 hours laying frozen by the side of the road in subzero temperatures because the low temperatures preserved his brain and other organ functions.

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lLb7 TIL there are only ~15 million Jews in the world. 83% of them reside in the US or Israel.
PYMJE TIL that, after the Siege of Leningrad, there were so many rats that four wagons of cats were brought in to fight them. Citizens erected statues to those cats many years later.
YpYLd TIL about sailors who discovered a dead German sailor during the Clipper Boat Race
oXBY TIL of Dean Karzanes, the man who can run 350 miles without stopping due to a genetic condition.
5YRpD TIL that the “Grizzly Adams did have a beard” guy, Lee Trevino. (Who is also considered one of the greatest golfer of all time.) Wished he had never been apart of Happy Gilmore, due to “foul” words.