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TIL Alligators killed 3 people in the U.S in 2015, including a 22yr old burglar, and a 28yr old who’s final recorded words were “Fuck the alligators”

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YBG7 TIL When bitten by a coral snake, a Texas man killed the snake by biting off the snake’s head and using the decapitated body as a tourniquet.
QNx5X TIL the Titles of Nobility amendment, pending ratification since 1810, would strip US citizenship from anyone who "shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office or emolument of any kind from any . . . foreign power"
165y7 TIL A man bought an unattractive painting for its frame for $4 and discovered one of the 26 known copies of the United States’ Declaration of Independence hidden behind it. He later sold it at auction for $2.42 million.
XEvYr TIL of Ching Shih. Originally a prostitute who married a pirate, she ended up commanding a fleet of 20,000-40,000 pirates, battling the Portuguese empire, British empire, and Qing Dynasty at various stages. She married her adopted son, had two children with him and died a free woman at age 69.
N00b TIL that Venezuela has a never ending lighting storm that has been going on since the year 1595.