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TIL about John Williams, the oldest MMA fighter, who participated in and won 1 fight at 70 years old. He also achieved over 100 weightlifting records, a world record for breaking 10 blocks of ice with a single punch, and could perform 13 consecutive hours of judo throws.

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BVBy TIL of a species of snake in south east Asia commonly known as the “Flying Snake.” Not only can it climb trees, but it can then glide through the air from one tree to the next, slithering its body to create lift, achieving distances of 100m - more than any other gliding animal.
p8mPA TIL that the studies focusing on human nature and behaviour overlook 85% of the people on Earth. Majority of these studies take into account a narrow slice of humanity - college students, people living near universities and highly educated residents of wealthy and industrialised countries.
rNl8d TIL the Greeks used a Hydraulic telegraph during the First Punic War to send messages between Sicily and Carthage.
wLLjo TIL in Sydney, Australia, a safe injecting room for heroin users has supervised just under 1 million injections, and managed more than 6,000 overdoses without a single fatality
R6gj TIL when Coke marketed their Dasani brand of water in the UK in 2004 it was a PR disaster because they referred to it as “bottled spunk” and used the slogan “can’t live without spunk” not realizing “spunk” was a slang word for semen