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TIL A man who tried to fake his own kidnap and murder was found out when he failed to attach enough helium balloons to the gun he used to shoot himself with.

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XbD6 TIL Time doesn’t actually (even perceivably) appear to slow down during life threatening situations - the brain simply makes more dense and detailed memories of the event which makes it seem in retrospect to have lasted longer.
ndZG TIL Germany is the third largest exporter on Earth, accounting for nearly as much exports as the entire US, and for $1.5 trillion of the EU’s $2.1 trillion in exports.
oROZW TIL that New York (57), New Jersey (56), and Pennsylvania (48), three of the original 13 colonies, have had fewer than half the number of governors of South Carolina (117), another of the original 13
n8WW TIL that there’s a hamburger joint in Tokyo called Whoopi Goldburger.
EAv7 TIL that when pregnant women die, gasses expelled from decomposition can cause vaginal ejection of the fetus, a phenomenon known as ‘coffin birth.’