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TIL in 1996 a woman going through heroin withdrawal crushed up a black widow spider and injected it

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VMaGm TIL a cafe in Bourges was once overwhelmed with customers after it was given a Michelin Star by accident
0bk5 TIL of a man who spent almost 70 years of his life with 2D vision. It wasn’t until he watched the movie Hugo with 3D glasses that his view of the world permanently changed, becoming able to see the world in 3D.
LQ1Dm TIL that after the battle between the USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, the captain of the Constitution, Isaac Hull, refused the sword of surrender from the captain of the Guerriere, James Richard Dacre, saying he could not accept it from a man who fought so gallantly
ZGkv TIL in 1996 a female gorilla rescued a 3 year-old boy after he fell 18 feet into a primate enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois which housed 6 other gorillas. The gorilla, who was carrying her own infant on her back, cradled the boy and took him to a door where paramedics could retrieve him.
5VYpB TIL For production of 'The Bellboy ' (1960) Jerry Lewis was actor and director, so he invented a system of multiple cameras and monitors enabling him to act, review the performance, and reshoot immediately. Lewis received the Golden Light Technical Achievement award for the invention.