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TIL a Hungarian man was shot in the frontal lobe during World War 1, making it impossible for him to fall asleep. He continued to live a full, sleepless life.

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PBDg TIL that a dead whale that drops to the bottom of the ocean can support an entire ecosystem for 50 to 100 years.
R5oL6 TIL that fat Chinese criminal Jho Low used to have the sex with supermodel Miranda Kerr
GEBg TIL there exists evidence of “highly suspicious” insider trading on two airlines in the days leading up to 9/11 that can be traced to an unnamed US-based institutional investor.
K5KR TIL that female octopuses practice sexual cannibalism, and that they strangle their mates with their arms.
GYDLg TIL Terry Davis, a schizophrenic programmer, spent 10 years of his life programming an operating system to talk to God