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TIL: Ships Rarely Sail Outside of Designated Routes!
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TIL that Hugh Glass was left for dead after being mauled by a grizzly bear. After regaining consciousness, he set his broken leg, allowed maggots to eat his dead flesh to prevent gangrene, and made his way back to civilization over the course of 6 weeks, surviving on mostly roots and berries .
Lkl10
TIL that because insulin is incredibly expensive despite being the same drug discovered a century ago, there's a movement to create an open source, small-batch manufacturing process
ADXeg
TIL that serial killer Joel Rifkin was only caught when he was spotted driving without a rear licence plate, and police found the corpse of his last victim in the back of his truck.
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TIL that hominids have probably been seagoing (on rafts) since before humans even existed
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TIL of Santimamiñe Cave located in province of Biscay, Spain.It was discovered in 1916. Inside there's mural paintings of bison, ibex & bear from Mesolithic era. It was designated as World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2008.