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TIL that a Swedish man survived for two months in a car that had been snowed over. He ate only snow, and survived due a “igloo effect”.

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GYDR7 TIL Bunker fuel is the generic term given to any fuel poured into a ship’s bunkers to power its engines. Deep sea cargo ships typically burn the heavy, residual oil left over after gasoline, diesel and other light hydrocarbons are extracted from crude oil during the refining process. It's very toxic
p8kap TIL that Adolf Hitler had a nephew named William Patrick Hitler, who was born in the UK in 1911. He tried blackmailing the Fuhrer, and later immigrated to the US in 1939. He was drafted into the USN in 1944, and after the war, lived quietly in Long Island and passed away in 1987.
dla8 TIL Scientists Just Invented the Neural Lace which would allow your brain to connect to the internet.
daoK TIL the heaviest weight lifted by a human was 6,270 pounds, by Paul Anderson, who backlifted it in 1957. That’s more weight than an average female African elephant.
DQZJ TIL Canadian Mounties started off as the North-West Mounted Police to help protect the aboriginal people from destructive American Trappers.