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TIL the longest coma to be woken up from lasted 19 years.

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Bryyy TIL about the Parsley Massacre, in which Dominican soldiers identified and killed thousands of Haitian migrants based on their pronunciation of the Spanish word for parsley.
6VGQ TIL that on February 25, 2003, MSNBC cancelled their highest rated show at the time, ‘Donahue’, because Phil Donahue was a vocal opponent of the impending Iraq invasion. His show had higher ratings than Chris Matthews 'Hardball’, but Matthews was a big proponent of the Iraq invasion.
XEvpD TIL that Bert Lahr's "Cowardly Lion" costume in The Wizard of Oz was made from real lion skin
8a8vb TIL That because of Daylight Savings Time and the loss of an hour of sleep, the Monday after clocks ‘Spring Forward’ sees an increase in fatal traffic accidents.
pYdG4 TIL Australia has a public collection programme for funnel-web spiders. The public are asked to catch the deadliest spider in the world (capable of killing a child in 15 minutes, and has fangs that can pierce toenails) and take them to designated points. They are milked for the anti-venom programme.