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TIL it's impossible to sink beyond your waist height in quicksand

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ewAL TIL In Movies Good Guys usually move Left to Right while Bad Guys usually move Right to Left
dBWZ TIL the Roman emperor Nero took a liking to a young boy named Sporus, who he had castrated and married because he bore a resemblance to the emperor’s former wife, who Nero had allegedly murdered. After Nero’s death, Sporus took his own life out of humiliation.
vQxR TIL: A Detroit man is incredibly good at winning carnival games. In fact, he has won nearly 250,000 large stuffed animals in his lifetime… and donated them all to various charities.
N7Qp6 TIL In St. Petersburg, Russia, The hermitage Cats have been protecting the Hermitage Museum’s priceless art from rodents since the Museum opened its doors in 1764. The museum has a press secretary dedicated to the cats.
n86P TIL that the first living creatures to go into orbit and return safely were, 40 mice, two rats, a rabbit, some fruit flies, plants, and 2 dogs. One of the dogs puppy was given by Khrushchev to Jacqueline Kennedy. She mated with a Kennedy dog, and JFK referred to their offspring as pupniks.