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TIL that a German art student illuminated and bound the entire Silmarillion by hand like a 21st-century monastic scribe as his final project.

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lrZK TIL that a man was killed by a lava lamp in 2004, when he chose to heat the glass section via stove. The lamp built up so much pressure that it exploded, and a piece of glass shot through his heart.
groVD TILL: USA has the longest train track in the world. With a total route length over 155,342 miles (250,000km).
9wyW7 TIL about a worm that grows upto 3ft and the only treatment is to pull it out of a body
e08KE TIL about “Vulture Bees,” 3 species of necrophagous Central American stingless bees which use meat as a protein source.
DLXv TIL in 2010, a Canadian man rescued a newborn baby from a dumpster, only to find out he was the father.