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TIL A Polish man has woke from a 19-year coma to find the Communist party no longer in power and food no longer rationed.

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eRgb TIL Hyenas and Elephants can’t be raped, and women are the leaders in these societies because they control the sex (NSFW language)
emYD TIL that Hunter S. Thompson, one of Richard Nixon’s biggest critics, was picked to ride with Nixon on a private drive to the airport during the 1968 election. The reason? Because Nixon felt like talking football, and Thompson was the only reporter who knew anything about the sport.
VZ58 TIL: Chicago Quietly Allows .1 Second Shorter Yellow Light Tickets, Makes $8 Million. (yellow minimum = 3 seconds)
pxNe TIL Sweden has instituted a country-wide program where citizens can enroll to receive an SMS when there is a heart attack victim nearby, allowing them to reach them faster than an ambulance and provide CPR. In 40% of the cases, SMSlifesavers arrived before ambulances and started providing CPR.
x6PBw TIL: the population of mountain gorillas currently is a little less than 1000.