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TIL about Jarrod Wyatt, an MMA fighter who ripped out a friend's heart and tongue after drinking psychedelic mushroom water. He said he thought his friend had turned into the devil and we was saving the world...he was sentenced in 2010 to life with a minimum of 50 years served.

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e0mD5 TIL that many media outlets downplay reports of suicide to avoid "Suicide contagion," the phenomenon of vulnerable individuals seeing the action normalised and believing that they should be the ones to do it next.
D1Olj TIL than in the 1800's, Americans drank, on average, 90 bottles of whiskey per year, or 1.7 bottles per week. This was because at the time, whiskey was sold at twenty-five cents a gallon, making it cheaper than wine, beer, tea, coffee and even milk.
PYo0n TIL that The Pyramid of Menkaure, one of the three Great Pyramids on the Giza Plateau, was attempted to be Destroyed by the Son of Saladin, after 8 months they were Only able to create a Gash in the Pyramid.
aw4YA TIL that Mark Knopfler agreed to allow Weird Al to parody "Money For Nothing" on the condition that Knopfler play the lead guitar on the track to add "authenticity."
edeD TIL Killer whales go through menopause. In fact Killer whales, humans and short-finned pilot whales are the only known species to lose the ability to have children, but continue living for decades after.