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TIL Charles Darwin Ate Every Animal He Ever Discovered

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16RAr TIL that due to a former Irish crewman re-stealing his stolen booty, Welsh pirate 'Black Bart' believed all Irish were dishonest. When word got out about Barts prejudice, people he tried to force into piracy would often fake an Irish accent in order to escape a life on the high seas.
NX6JJ TIL of Victoria Cilliers - a woman who survived a 4,000 foot fall after she went skydiving and both her parachutes failed. It was later revealed that her husband was responsible for tampering with them and had tried to kill her. Victoria would go on to give key testimony at her husband’s trial.
R7nd7 TIL that opossums don't actually "play dead", but under intense fear they will pass out involuntarily and will start reeking of death.
859Z TIL Neil Simon wrote an intentionally bad Broadway play because his ex-wife was entitled to the profits as per their divorce agreement.
jN61n TIL that electric cars had some success 100 years ago circa 1910. It was Thomas Edison's first car, and Jay Leno has one too.